#I suppose means Elga could be a reference to epic the musical then
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imaginethisisagoodname · 3 days ago
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Big spoilers for C2 below (this includes the tags, I try to be vague in them but if you really want to avoid spoilers skip them)
I also don’t have a good conclusion to this so it’s mainly just some guesses but not really anything else
So when we find out Elgas real name, Calliope and Barney’s kids names, Titus and Samson, they sound like weird names, which they would be now, because they’re really old. Titus was a Roman emperor who ruled from 79-81 CE and is known for being the conquer of Jerusaleum and in Greek it means title of honor, and Samson was an Israelite warrior and judge and was really strong and his name means sun And it’s kinda cool that Micah gave them these names and I don’t know if they mean anything, but they might. Also both of them are from the Bible so that’s kinda cool.
I suppose Samson could be a play on words like sun vs son but I really don’t know.
But they also have Elgas birth name Calliope, wich is the name of the oldest of the nine muses, and the muse of epic poetry and eloquence which isn’t super Elga. I don’t really know why Micah gave her this name, but it probably wasn’t a name from internet people so it must have some purpose.
Calliope dose mean beautiful voice in Greek so it could’ve just been that he was referencing Elgas nice acent?
Her mom was also the goddess of memory which is kinda ironic and could also be Micah referencing the fact that she lost her memory?
But some other stuff about her that doesn’t mean anything (as far as I can tell) is that in some interpretations she is a water nymph, her dad is Zeus, she’s the mom of Linus and Orpheus, she was often depicted with her sisters, some say she was homers muse for the Iliad and the Odyssey, she was sometimes referred to as the mother/chief of all muses, she was also sometimes said to be the mother of the sirens and her symbols were the lyre, tablet and stylus.
I’m willing to bet Micah named her off my first 2 guesses but he could’ve had some other plan and I just think it’s interesting that when given to name Barneys sons he named them after biblical people but for his daughter he names her after a Greek muse. And the Elga thing just feels kinda interesting to me but if anyone else knows anything else please tell me.
Also here’s some pictures of calliope in greeek mythology just because I think it’s interesting
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