Nephele

I have been for the last couple of hours... the combo of the dog's names, their picture & their ailments is just too much!! I don't think I can do much better with my own goofy anagram names. I'll try though, by anagramming you into a pug, Pantagathus... Heini Snaggs is plagued by chronic fatigue syndrome. -- Nephele

What, you are Eric Cartman? :lol: You know you want to be a hippy, Pertinax. So I found one of your name scrambles. Meet your new identity: Jorren Moonchanter -- Calleann Phree (a.k.a. Nephele)

Aw...! It looks like li'l Augusta is choking the mutton out of Lucy Lamb. You're adorable! -- Nephele

"La Choy suffers from spinning eyeballs." omg, I'm laughing so hard I'm coughing up my lungs. But as you said, that's unfortunately based on truth. In NYC the new trendy dog is the "puggle" -- a deliberate cross breeding between a pug and a beagle. You see them everywhere. They seem healthier than pugs, but still are small and goofy looking, which is no doubt why they're so popular. -- Nephele

Replacement Hellenic hippie names coming right up! Achileas ShiningGem Alcimenes A. HighSign -- Nephele

Michael... Pantagathus, you get a kabbalistic hippie name! Click on Sachiel to find out who he is: Sachiel ShiningMage In fact, prophetic angels personify you, as your name also anagrams into: I-Ching Angel Messiah -- Nephele

Yes, it's my understanding, too, that the rural, agricultural deities of the Romans were most popular with (and important to) the farming population. And of course Roman families revered their old household deities. But the Roman farmers and common folk weren't the ones writing great epics about the gods. Certainly not the way the Greeks of old had written about their own deities. Which is perhaps another reason why the more sophisticated Roman classes, particularly Roman poets, found it so appealing to adopt characteristics of the great Greek deities for their own deities, and to incorporate the richness of Greek legends and literature into their own literature. -- Nephele

Ursus, you've just earned yourself an instant hippification! Even more frightening, a RHYMING hippification! Your name anagrams into... Jaemes J. Ember-Ray Jaemes J. Ember-Ray Did not go to work today; And smelling like a warm cheese tray, He hitched a ride to Monterey. -- Nephele

I believe Apollo's introduction into the Roman religion actually preceded that of the other Greek gods, and this was through the Greek colony of Cumae at the Bay of Naples. Perhaps because the Romans had such an early and intimate acquaintance with Apollo through his priestess, the Sybil of Cumae (whose dealings with the last King Tarquin involved some hard-nosed haggling over the price of the oracular Sybilline Books), Apollo therefore retained the identity and characteristics that were his originally and he was thus adopted into the Roman religion intact. -- Nephele

Strawberry Alarm Clock! Aww-right! Pan, have you got a middle name? The last scramble you gave me doesn't give me much to work with, but here you go. You get a choice of hippie names... Sage Shining or G. Shiningsea Now we need your kiddie pic for the collection! And you, too, Primus! (Heheh, hippies crashed into your tree. That's funny, dude.) Who's up next for hippification? -- Nephele

Put up one of your own, DoL! Where's the promised pic from The Augusta? -- Nephele

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I didn't want to start a new thread for this, but to anyone in the U.K. who's been following the television adaptation of this book series... I just heard that yesterday's episode, as well as the rest of the series, has been taken off the air! Because in the story children get kidnapped by Pompeiian pirates, and there's currently a big news story about a kidnapped child. The story about the kidnapped child in real life is undeniably tragic... But, honestly, does the BBC think that there would be a rash of copycat kidnappings (by Pompeiian pirates, no less) if they air this series? -- Nephele

Awww...! Rharrison Rainchilde, not only were you adorable back then, one can see your anti-establishment tendencies there, sticking out your tongue at The Man. Here's a not-quite-Summer-of-Love pic of little Calleann Phree (a.k.a. Nephele), communing with nature at New York's Catskill Game Farm: Yikes! Bambi's bigger than me!

FLavius Valerius Constantinus, you have been hippified as... Hinch Doughnot (ogtionhchnhdu) Northern Neil, here's your hippification as... Rharrison Rainchilde -- Nephele

Sarah Silverman The Kid from Brooklyn Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat et al.) Triumph the Insult Comic Dog George Burns (dead, but still funny as hell) Frankie Howerd (also dead, but nevertheless funny as hell) Lots of others, but it's late right now and these were the first that came to mind. EDIT: Forgot to add George Carlin to my list, too! -- Nephele

Yah, that's right, FVC -- we're all hippies. Just as we're also all Crayola crayons and pedigreed pups. Now, hold on to your bell-bottomed butt, because YOU are going to be the next to be hippified. [insert evil, maniacal laughter] P.S. to DoL -- Fun news article! -- Nephele

Yes, do this! I will scan one in of me in short pants with chocolate all round my mouth! I second that motion! A picture of Kloe Isis Soulgate as a 9-year-old bridesmaid would be adorable! And, if it was an outdoor wedding with everyone barefoot, that would hippy-correct. I'm trying to picture you in short pants, NN. In the meantime, I'll zap up a couple more hippies for you to give tarot readings at the virtual rock festival, Kloe. Hmm... How about Primus Pilus and Viggen? (I'd zap up our third Triumvir, Moonlapse, as well, 'cept he's never given me a name scramble to work with.) Primus Pilus now becomes... 'Tophor Earthschine Viggen becomes... Tiarchnach Spiritsongs (Tiarchnach, pronounced TEAR-nakh, is Irish Gaelic, meaning "Chief" or "Lord".) Off now in search of Northern Neil's scramble, so I can add him to our virtual rock festival. -- Calleann Phree (a.k.a. Nephele)

georgious, your praenomen is the relatively uncommon Kaeso. Your nomen genticulum of "Georgius" is of Greek origin (meaning "one who works the earth"), but it became more prevalent as a Roman name during the Byzantine era. Your cognomen of "Apro" (meaning "wild boar") was the emblem of Rome's 20th Legion (Legio XX), formed by Augustus and serving on the western and northern frontiers. So your military connection is with the Legio XX. Your full Roman name is: Kaeso Georgius Apro (rgaazossuoeiprgok -z +e) -- Nephele

You may find this link helpful for translations: Latin Inscriptions at LacusCurtius:

Close...usually, as I've seen it, it's Noelia...and for someone born on New Years' Eve, it's good enough! Zahrah...flower...sweeeeeeeeeet. oops. GROOOOOOOOOOOOOVY Yah, got to get your groovies straight, DoL. And now since The Augusta has given me her middle name (well, at least the one she should have had), I can hippify her, too, in anagram: Kloe Isis Soulgate Heheh. The Augusta makes a groovy flower child. -- Nephele

Yes, actually Hadrian (of my favorite period in Roman history) revived the fashion of wearing beards (which had gone out of style after 300 B.C.E.) due to his admiration for Periclean Athens. -- Nephele

Thanks for the information, Silentium! I'd like to see that list, but I think you need to check the link. It doesn't appear to be working. -- Nephele

Here's a link to the Encarta online encyclopedia where you can hear a pronunciation of the name "Aeneas" (click on the audio icon). Replace the "as" with "id", and you'll have "Aeneid" (ih-NEE-id). -- Nephele

Glad you enjoyed the new identity! As a Suetonia with an insider's view to the imperial family and friends, your feminine touch on history's scandals will be not only refreshing, but wickedly delightful! -- Nephele