Mythful Meanings

In the English language, many meanings come from myths. This blog considers many of those words.

Myths are stories people tell to explain the great mysteries of life, such as birth and death, why the sun rises and sets, and why the moon changes in a predictable pattern.

I decided to start over from the end of the alphabet and work toward the beginning. I have a stack of index cards with information typed on them, all in alphabetical order. When I started this blog, I started at A, because I didn't realize that all the entries would be pushed down.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Stentor

In the ancient Greek Iliad, Stentor was a herald during the Trojan War, whose "voice was as loud as that of fifty other men together."

English word: Derived from this name is our word stentorian, meaning "extremely loud, a herald, anyone with very loud voice."

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