books.google.com - Within the great diversity of their world, the assertion of origin was essential to the ancient Greeks in defining their sense of who they were and how they distinguished themselves from neighbours and strangers. Each person's name might carry both identity and origin - 'I am' . . . inseparable from...http://books.google.com/books/about/Greek_Personal_Names.html?id=WXhaDKte4jYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareGreek Personal Names