What Does the Name Euripides Mean
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Euripides Name Meaning
Ancient GreekDerived from Greek Ευριπος (Euripos), referring to the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, combined with the patronymic suffix ιδης (ides). This was the name of a 5th-century BC Greek tragic poet.
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