Upstate NY- Greek Names

[Patches]

Whats up with that.

Why the Greek names?

Utica
Carthage
Homer
Ithaca

shit like that

Whats up with that?

[Patches]

oh and of course syracuse.

[Kevin]

Whats up with that.

Why the Greek names?

Utica
Carthage
Homer
Ithaca

shit like that

Whats up with that?

http://www.primetimewithwally.com/shane.jpg

[furie]

Utica, Carthage, and Syracuse are not Greek but Carthaginian in origin.

[TeeBone]

Utica, Carthage, and Syracuse are not Greek but Carthaginian in origin.

Give the guy a break, he's from New York.

[Freakshow]

Same reason a shitload of buildings look like Greek temples

http://www.bidandask.org/images/wall-street.jpg

People just like that period of history.

And it's more 'classical' names than Greek names, with Rome thrown in there. And Syracuse is Greek, it was a colony of the Greeks in Sicily. The famous Greek Archimedes was from Stracuse.

Now explain to me why there is a Thebes in Greece, and a Thebes in Egypt????

[badorties]

Same reason a shitload of buildings look like Greek temples

http://www.bidandask.org/images/wall-street.jpg

People just like that period of history.

And it's more 'classical' names than Greek names, with Rome thrown in there. And Syracuse is Greek, it was a colony of the Greeks in Sicily. The famous Greek Archimedes was from Stracuse.

Now explain to me why there is a Thebes in Greece, and a Thebes in Egypt????


i thought this is why so many buildings look like temples

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/350000/images/_352733_masons.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasons)

[A.J.]

Don't forget Troy, NY. (Not Greek I know, but part of Greek history.)

[DolaMight]

Don't forget Malone NY, namesake is the greek god of exploding cars and pizza barns.

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/28/127428.jpg

[Freakshow]

i thought this is why so many buildings look like temples

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/350000/images/_352733_masons.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasons)

http://media.movieweb.com/news/12.2007/justin.jpg

Thanks for watching my movie, dude...

[Patches]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_New_York_Military_Tract

Well there is at least part of the reason.. did it just spread from there?