
The Name Alex
Secretly Incredibly Fascinating
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The Origins of Alexander the Great Myth
The word Alexander was a personal name kind of seconds the first use of the straightforward Greek words for defender of men Alexander. The first use of it was as kind of an honorific title. People would receive the title of Alexander but still be named what they were already named if they were some sort of heroic defender of men you know about 3000 years ago that was when they started doing it.
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