Place Name Thought to be named after Milo of Croton a 6thCentury BC superstar wrestler, who was six-time Olympic victor and enjoyed…
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Place name As with Leda Road, Swan Road is named after the protagonists in the Greek myth Leda and the…
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Place Name Actaeon was a famous hero in ancient mythology. The myth of Diana and Actaeon, found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses…
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Place name Vulcan is the Roman and Greek god of fire and the forge, who it was said invented smithing…
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Place name Originally Barbara Road, the name was changed when the Westbourne estate was developed in 1978. Atlas is a…
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Place Name Taken from the plain in the Peloponnese which was sacred to the gods in ancient Greece and where…
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Place Name Cressida appears in William Shakespeare’s retelling of the Trojan War love and betrayal story Troilus & Cressida. It…
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