Could you give me examples of Antonomasia?

Question

well i have a project in english. I need 50 examples antonomasia that is connected with Greek Mythology and I cant even find one in the internet. So please help me or give me exact site where I could find those

Answer 1

1. using title instead of name: the use of a title or formal description such as "Your Highness" or "His Excellency" in place of somebody's proper name

2. using proper name for general idea: the use of a proper name as a common noun to refer to somebody or something with associated characteristics, e.g. when a strong young man is called "a Hercules"

[Mid-16th century. < Latin< Greek antonomazein "name instead" < anti- "against, instead" + onoma "name"]

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The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

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The substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, as in calling a sovereign “Your Majesty.”

The substitution of a personal name for a common noun to designate a member of a group or class, as in calling a traitor a “Benedict Arnold.”

[Latin, from Greek antonomazein, to name instead : anti-, instead of; see anti– + onomazein, to name (from onoma, name).]

Literary Dictionary: antonomasia

antonomasia [an‐ton‐ŏ‐may‐ziă], a figure of speech that replaces a proper name with an epithet (the Bard for Shakespeare), official address (His Holiness for a pope), or other indirect description; or one that applies a famous proper name to a person alleged to share some quality associated with it, e.g. a Casanova, a little Hitler. Antonomasia is common in epic poetry: Homer frequently refers to Achilles as Pelides (i.e. son of Peleus).

Poetry Glossary: Antonomasia

The use of a name, epithet or title in place of a proper name, as Bard for Shakespeare.

Wikipedia: antonomasia

In rhetoric, antonomasia is the substitution of any epithet or phrase with a proper name; the reverse process is also sometimes called antonomasia. The word derives from the Greek word antonomazein meaning "to name differently".

A frequent instance of antonomasia in the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was the use of the term, "the Philosopher," to refer to Aristotle. A more recent example of the other form of antonomasia was the use in 1930s journalism of "Solons" for "the legislators", after the semi-legendary Solon, lawgiver of Athens.

A recent example of an antonomastic usage occurs in the phrase "He's such a Nimrod!", substituting the fearless hunter's name—who isn't portrayed as being particularly idiotic—for "idiot" or "jerk", a usage that has been made popular by the 1940s Bugs Bunny cartoons, in which Bugs Bunny frequently refers to Elmer Fudd (who keeps hunting the hare without success) sarcastically as "poor little Nimrod".

Another frequently encountered example is the phrase "I'm no Croesus", meaning "I'm not a very rich person".

More examples:

"Pelides" or "the son of Peleus" for Achilles.

"the Stagirite" for Aristotle.

"the little corporal" for Napoleon I.

"Macedonia's madman" for Alexander the Great.

"Urbi" for To Rome.

"The Iron Duke" for the Duke of Wellington.

"The Bard" for William Shakespeare.

"The Magpies" for Newcastle United.

"Old Blue Eyes" for Frank Sinatra.

"The Scottish play" for Macbeth.

"The Gipper", "The Great Communicator" for Ronald Reagan.

"The King" for Elvis Presley.

"an Einstein" for an intelligent person.

"a Daniel" for a wise judge.

"a Cicero" for an orator.

"a Benedict Arnold" for a traitor.

"a Rembrandt" for an artist.

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