guy Posted December 24, 2021 Report Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) Long-standing philhellene and sometimes British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has named his daughter Iris. Iris, in Greek mythology, was the personification of the rainbow. When Greek gods needed to send messages to other gods or to humans, they would ask Iris to transmit their Words. Quote “The newborn baby girl has been named Romi Iris Charlotte Johnson. Romi is after Johnson’s wife’s aunt, Rosemary, while Iris is a reference to the Greek Iris, who in Greek mythology embodied the rainbow.” “In a feature published in Britain’s Daily Mail in 2011, Johnson lauded ten ancient Greeks who helped to form western civilization, specifically Homer, Hesiod, Archilochus, Sappho, Simonides, Pindar, Sophocles, Pericles, Plato and Aristotle.” https://greekreporter.com/2021/12/17/boris-johnson-iris/ https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/17/iris-the-greek-goddess-of-the-rainbow/ Edited January 28 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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