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Thread #61061   Message #980724
Posted By: GUEST,Q
10-Jul-03 - 02:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Crossword puzzles & rotten word usage!
Subject: RE: BS: Crossword puzzles & rotten word usage!
Amor sent me digging into the Wordsworth Classical Dictionary, which is a reprint of the 1852 "Smaller Classical Dictionary," by William Smith.
There it is: "AMOR, the god of love, had no place in the religion of the Romans, who only translate the Greek name Eros into Amor."

Since it is only a translated name, it doesn't come up much.