City Name Thread - Page 2

Paddy · February 26, 2004, 05:24

I may be missing something here...

but are not BIGFREE and DUDDHA just your names...
no additives...

interesting, thanks

conmcb25 · February 26, 2004, 10:15

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Originally posted by BigFree
BIGFREE:

BigFree was a God of Love and Hate. Some people hated to love him, while others loved to hate him. This town should be placed in a location that is neither good nor bad, but somehwere in between.

You are frigging hilarious BF

BigFurryMonster · March 9, 2004, 07:55

HYPNOS

The god of sleep. Cool name, too.

Arnelos · March 9, 2004, 09:11

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Originally posted by conmcb25
Yes I spam there QUITE frequently

You know, the fact that Master Zen does not yet have membership on this team means that any and all of us can talk about spam on MZO.

Arnelos · March 9, 2004, 09:13

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Originally posted by Paddy the Scot

From the Desk of the Minister of the Interior

....

Arcadia

....

Wow, I wasn't even in this forum yet and you were already suggesting my first city name suggestion in both the original SPDG and the first ISDG.

Vlad Antlerkov · March 9, 2004, 13:18

A few suggestions, borrowed from classical Greek cities:

--Chaeronea (battle where Alexander the Great beat the rest of the Greeks)
--Piraeus (port city of Athens)
--Potidaea (Corinthian colony, where the Peloponnesian Wars broke out)
--Phaistos (Minoan city)
--Pylos (City on the Peloponnesus)

If I had to pick one over the others, it'd be Chaeronea. Preferably in territory we conquer from someone else.

Makahlua · March 9, 2004, 22:32

I reccommend this site for those wanting detail on the Greek pantheon:

http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html

It's where I'm posting this quick bits from. Athena and Eos are particular favorites of mine

Good for military/captued cities:

Eris | goddess who personified discord or strife
Nemesis | the goddess of retribution
Nike | goddess of victory

Athena | goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts; patron of Athens (good foran eraly city and/or science city)
Eunomia | goddess who personified discipline or good government (maybe for the FP city)
Artemis | goddess of the hunt and protector of children (good for a forested food city)
Poseidon | god of the sea and earthquakes (post city with a volcano near maybe, or fist port city)
Hephaistos | god of smiths and metal-workers (good for a Iron Works or other high production city)
Dionysos | god of wine, mysteries, and the theatre (a must for a wine city if we have more nearby; good palce to home Shakespeare's if we get that far

)

Great for maybe the first cities in those directions, or at the furtherst point in that direction of our lands:
Hesperus | the evening star
Eos | goddess of the dawn
Boreas | god of the north wind
Zephyrus | god of the west wind

I'll stop there before I go through the whole pantheon

GodKing · April 8, 2004, 17:24

Bump - I will be doing a new thread shortly specifically for city number two (my idea is to post a poll for each city name). Figured I would bring this back from the dead and let people get started again on ideas. Only a couple of turns to go boys and girls til city 2 is here....

E_T · April 8, 2004, 19:20

hehe, E_Topia....

Seriously, I like Olympia for the Ivory site.

E_T

Paddy · April 9, 2004, 15:01

well we have some great names in here for our upcoming poll for the name of our 3rd city...

if you have any extras, this is a good time to post them

BigFurryMonster · May 14, 2004, 09:19

Let's call our 3rd city, if it is on the sea, "Poseidon" (after the god of the sea).

jagjef · May 14, 2004, 11:22

"Poseidon Harbour" as for the third city

MrWhereItsAt · May 23, 2004, 08:02

Just bumping this. We are about 5 turns from another Settler out of Poly, so it's time to get cracking on the next name.

Tassadar500 · May 23, 2004, 13:33

How about Zeus?

Paddy · May 24, 2004, 00:42

indeed - Iwilll sort the new threat this evening

thanks for the heads up

MrWhereItsAt · May 24, 2004, 09:20

I certainly want a city near a Mountain named Thermopylae, after the most heroic ancient age defense on record. A few hundred Spartans held off thousands off Persians for long enough for a combined Greek army to escape unharmed.

Paddy · May 24, 2004, 09:33

point taken

BigFurryMonster · May 26, 2004, 02:58

If the city is on a river:

"Thetis" - after Achilles' mother. She held him by the ankle in a river to give him large powers.

If the city is on the sea:

"Galatea" - after the sea nymph, daughter of Poseidon.

edit: Please stick to the Greek theme!!

Paddy · June 1, 2004, 05:35

A request from BFM:

For the next city: Epimetheus!

Paddy · June 1, 2004, 05:47

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Originally posted by BigFurryMonster

edit: Please stick to the Greek theme!!

interesting point that you raise here

well one of the joys we have in our Democracy is the Poll.

so we can stand fast for the traditions of the old country, or we can take new roads and thus new paths for this great civilization

either way I believe that we will continue to grow and stand united in the face of those other civs

BigFurryMonster · June 1, 2004, 05:56

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Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
either way I believe that we will continue to grow and stand united in the face of those other civs

True, but naming our cities after doughnuts won't be as cool.

Paddy · June 1, 2004, 06:06

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Originally posted by BigFurryMonster

True, but naming our cities after doughnuts won't be as cool.

well you say

Yet this name was put forward by a Senator, a Citizen (lookout, even a Consul

)

So please understand that I am not the ultimate judge here

I have a position of selecting names that are put forward

And I have vowed to give everybody / every suggestion an opportunity at some stage in the polls

So we will need lots of cities