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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EPONYMOUS, that which gives a name to anything (Gr. eiruvvnos, from 6vofia, a name) , a term especially applied to the mythical or semi-mythical personages, heroes, deities, &c. from whom a country or city took its name. Thus Pelops is the giver of the name to the Peloponnese. At Athens the chief archon of the year was known as the apx&v ejrajcujttos, as the year was known by his name. There was a similar official in ancient Assyria. In ancient times, as in historical and modern cases, a country or a city has been …
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