On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:56:05 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >To: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Re: Name similarities and pure speculation >From: Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> >Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:56:05 -0700 (PDT) > >--- Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: >> >> #By the way, if anyone is really bored, you can wonder why such >> #names as Istvan and Tomas are the *only* trace of Christianity >> #we've seen on Dragaera. Or are they not Christian? >> >> Yes, they are. But my name is Mark, and I'm Jewish, and my ancestors as >> far back as anyone has any idea have been Jewish. > >Well, Stephanos and Thomas were Greek names before anyone was >a Christian, but the only reason they were adopted in Hungary >and Spain was Christianity. Somewhat off-topic here: How did the name Hector, originally that of a Trojan hero in a Greek epic, become popular in the Hispanic culture?