The History in their Names


Because each of my fish is named after a person of historical significance in ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc, I figure many of you do not know who these people are, and what makes them so great. Below are the names and native country of the person,a link to a page about them, and a sentence about who they are. Please leave comments on how I can improve this page to make it more clear.

 Check out the pictures below to see them with their fish buddies!

Link to Wikipedia pages on origins of people my fish are named after: (cultures/locations/ancient civilizations)
Ancient Greece: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece
Ancient Rome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome
Ancient Egypt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt
Ancient Persia: http://www.jmu.edu/orgs/persianclub/newpage/persia_art.htm
Ancient China: http://www.ancient.eu/china/
Hinduism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism
Ancient India: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_India Nepal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal
France: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
Hawaii: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii
South America: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America
Book of Mormon: http://mormon.org/beliefs/book-of-mormon
Finding Nemo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Nemo
Communist China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China


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Zeus: Greece
Ruler of Olympian Gods and God of thunder and lightning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus

Xerxes: Persia
Most famous for his leadership in the Battle of Thermopylae against King Leonidas of Sparta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia

Athena: Greece
The goddess of wisdom and war in Greek Mythology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena

Caligula: Rome 
A notorious emperor of Rome, known for his cruelty and thirst to kill.
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/caligula.html

Aphrodite: Greece
Greek Goddess of love and beauty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite

Ahmen Ra: Egypt
The Egyptian god of the sun, also known as the 'creator' to Ancient Egyptians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra

Hades: Greece
The Greek God of the Underworld.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades

Napoleon: France
(okay, so I guess he isn't ancient, but he's cool.) A military and political leader during the French Revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon\

Hatchepsut: Egypt
An Egyptian Pharaoh who was most famous for being a female Pharaoh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut

Hercules/Heracles: Greece
A famous Greek hero, the son of Zeus, and eventual Greek God.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules 

Apollo: Greece
The Greek God of the sun., and the twin of Artemis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo

Poseidon: Greece
The Greek god of the sea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon

Tutankhamun: Egypt
Also known as King Tut. Famous Pharaoh of Egypt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun

Tiberius: Rome
An emperor of Rome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius

Sparta: Greece
A city mostly known for it's military power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta

Socrates: Greece
A very famous Greek philosopher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

Sharkbait: ?Finding Nemo?
I let my sister name him, so his name really isn't Ancient. The name does, however come from Finding Nemo.

Constantine: Rome
He is a Roman Emperor known for being the first to convert to Christianity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_I

Akhenaten: Egypt
A very unique Egyptian Pharaoh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten

Eiosepa: Hawaii
Iosepa (I spell it differently) is the Hawaiian name for 'Joseph'
http://historytogo.utah.gov/places/iosepa.html

Nefertiti: Egypt
The wife of Akhenaten. He and her husband, unlike traditional beliefs, only believed in one God.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti

Messala: Rome
A fictional character in the book/movie Ben-Hur.

Pachus(es): South America
A villain in the book of Alma in the Book of Mormon.
In my tank, the neon tetras are so hard to tell apart that I collectively refer to them as 'Pachus'.
http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/62?lang=eng&query=pachus

Augustus: Rome
Famous Roman Emporer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus

Hippocrates: Greece
An ancient greek physician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates

Trajan: Rome
 Famous Roman emperor, famous for Trajan's forum 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan

Nero: Rome
Infamous Roman emperor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero

Persephone: Greece
Goddess of spring growth, queen of underworld, daughter of Demeter, wife of Hades
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone

Claudius: Rome
Famous Roman emperor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius

Artemis: Greece
Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, childbirth, and virginity; twin sister of Apollo (Helped deliver  him)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis

Nyx: Greece
Goddess of the night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyx

Ramesses the Great (AKA: Ramesses II): Egypt 
One of the most famous Egyptian Pharoahs, known as half brother of Moses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II

Aranyani: India/Nepal
Hindu goddess of the forest and the creatures that live within them
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranyani

Han Fei Tzu: China 
Ancient Chinese philosopher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Feizi 

Shou-Yu/Wang-Yu: China
Wang is named after the father of Jung Chang, the author of Wild Swans (a book that goes over the stories of three generations in twentieth century China..). I was especially touched by his story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Swans


Akhenaten

Apollo

Athena

Caligula
Nyx

Constantine

Aphrodite
Nero

Rameses

Eiosepa

Hercules

Hatchepsut

Hades 

Messala

Nefertiti

Pachus

Poseiden

Napoleon

Ahmen Ra

Sharkbait

Tiberius

Socrates

Sparta

Xerxes

Zeus
Hippocrates

Tut
Augustus


Artemis

Claudius


Persephone 2



Han Fei Tzu

Wang-Yu/Shou-Yu







3 comments:

  1. Wow, Anne! That's amazing...well I guess you just took pictures of their names and posted them...)

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  2. Thank you!
    (I'm not quite sure what you meant in the last part.... can you clarify?)

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