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Thread #104163   Message #2130398
Posted By: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
21-Aug-07 - 10:35 AM
Thread Name: Men's & boys' names in song -- how many?
Subject: RE: Men's & boys' names in song -- how many?
A lot of Eighteenth-Century "Pastorals" have Classical names for both male and female characters; Strephon, Corydon, Chloe, Amyntas, and (gods help us) Teraminta. As Burns remarked acerbically, "was there ever such a banns posted as a proposal of marriage between Adonis and Mary?"