Classical Place Names in New York State: Origins, Histories and Meanings

184 Pages·8.845 MB·English

by  William R. Farrell

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ORIGINS
HISTORIES and
MEANINGS
William R. Farrell
dllustrations by Bettina B. Chapman and Carolyn I. Coit
Other Books by Farrell
Signs and Symbols: How They Relate to the
. Greco-Rom an World

(1987)
Passages: Through the Greco-Roman World
(1990)
Characters in Mythology
(1991)

Characters in Mythology:Revised | -

(2001)
New York State Place Names:

Origins, Histories and Meanings -
(2002)
Cover Illustration
by
Carolyn Coit
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in New York State
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Classical Place Names
in New York State
Origins, Histories and Meanings
By William R. Farrell
illustrations by Bettina B. Chapman and Carolyn I. Coit
Pine Grove Press
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Copyright © 2002 by William R. Farrell.
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iv
In Memoriam
Billie Davidson Eisner,
amicus humanis generis
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements xili
Introduction
The Military Tract: Cradle of Classical Naming
Greek Personalities as Population Centers
Roman Personalities as Population Centers
Non Greco-Roman Personalities as Population Centers
Greek Place Names in New York State and the Old World
Roman (Italian) Place Names in New York State
and the Old World
Non Greco-Roman Place Names in New York State
and the Old World
Mythology, New York
Biblical, New York
Latin (Latinalia), New York
Derivative, New York
Caveat Lector 113
Classical Cartography 120
Epilogue 147
Glossary 149
Selected Bibliography 153
Index 165
vii
Illustrations
Map of New York Counties frontispiece
The Great Seal of the State of New York (B. B. C.) xix
New York State Quarter (C. I. C.) XX
Robert Harpur (B. B. C.) 2
Simeon Dewitt (B. B. C.)
Aristotle (C. I. C.) 3
Aesop (B. B. C.) 4
Euclid (B. B. C.) 4
Galen (B. B. C.) 5
Homer (B. B. C.) 5
Lysander (B. B. C.) 5
Milo (B. B. C.) 6
Plato (B. B. C.) 6
Plutarch (B. B. C.) 7
Solon (B. B. C.) 7
Marcus Aurelius (C. I. C.) 8
Brutus (C. I. C.) 9
Camillus (B. B. C.) 9
Cato (B. B. C.) 10
Cicero (B. B. C.) 10
Cincinnatus (B. B. C.) 11
Constantine (C. I. C.) 12
Fabius (B. B. C.) 12
Manlius (B. B. C.) 13
Marcellus (B. B. C.) 14
Milo (B. B. C.) 14
Ovid (B. B. C.) 15
Pompey (B. B. C.) 15
Scipio (B. B. C.) 16
Sempronius (B. B. C.) 17
Seneca (B. B. C.) 17
Vergil (B. B. C.) 19
Hannibal (B .C.) 20
Mandana (B. B. C.) 21
Minos (B. B. C.) 21
Arcas (B. B. C.) 23
Athena Cl LC.) 24
Atthis (C. LC.) 24
Corcyra (BB.. B. C.) 25
Corinthus (B. B. C.) 25
Croton (B. B. C.) 26
Delphus (B. B. C.) 26
Ion (B. B. C.) 27
Lacedaemon and Sparta (B. B. C.) 28
Macedo (B. B. C.) 29
viii
Marathon (B. B. C.) 29
Mycene (B. B. C.) 31
Pheres (B. B. C.) 31
Albion (B. B. C.) 36
Apulus (B. B. C.) 37
Comus (C. I. C.) 38
Aetna (B. B. C.) 39
Flora (B. B. C.) 39
Janus (C. 1. C.) 40
Italus (B. B. C.) 40
Roma (B. B. C.) 43
Sardus (B. B. C.) 44
Tyrrhenus (C. I. C.) 46
Arabus (B. B. C.) 47
Hamilcar Barca (C. I. C.) 48
Mars (B. B. C.) 49
Calydon (B. B. C.) 49
Aegyptus (B.B . C.) 51
Ilus (B. B. C. 2, 52
Perses (B.B . C.) 55
Phoenix(B . B. C.) 55
Tros (B. B. C. ) 56
Argus (B.B . C.) 58
Atlas (C. I. C) 59
Aurora (B. B. C.) 60
Bellona (C. I. C.) 61
Boreas c I. C.) 61
Ceres (C. I. C.) 62
Cuba (C.I . C.) 62
Diana (C. I. C.) 63
Hector (B.B . C.) 63
Helena (C.I . C.) 64
Medusa (B. B. C.) 64
Niobe (B. B. C.) 65
Paris (C. I. C.) 65
Penelope (B. B. C.) 66
Pomona (B. B. C.) 66
Romulus (B. B. C.) 67
Ulysses (C. I. C.) 67
Vesta (C. I. C.) 68
Babylon (B. B. C.) 70
Nilus (B. B. C.) 80
St. James (B. B. C.) 81
St. John the Evangelist (B. B. C.) 82
St. Lawrence (B. B. C.) 83
Libertas (C. I. C.) 104
Pales (B. B. C.) 105
Illustrations by Bettina B. Chapman (B. B. C.) and Carolyn I. Coit (C. I. C.)