Amaryllis (given name) Amaryllis (given name) Amaryllis (Αμαρυλλίς) is a female ancient Greek name and means "sparkling". According to mythology, the name of the flower Amaryllis derived from the nymph Amaryllis. Amaryllis is not a very popular name in Greece, nor in other countries. It is not included in the Greek Orthodox calendar, that means, that Greek Orthodox knows no nameday for Amaryllis.(Update, Amaryllis name date in Greek Orthodox Christianity is October 10). The sources of this female name are located in the ancient Greek and Roman literature. In Theocritus’ Idylls, Amaryllis was wandering in the woods, and the Roman poet Virgil wrote
Rowland Vaughan (poet) Manuscripts at Aberystwyth. Vaughan's land-holdings passed to several generations of his descendants but ultimately merged with those of Syr Watkin Williams Wyn circa 1740 Rowland Vaughan (poet) Rowland Vaughan (c.1590 – 18 September 1667) was a Welsh poet, translator and jurist. Vaughan was the owner of Caer Gai, more recently recognized as a Roman fort, in the parish of Llanuwchlyn, Merioneth, four miles to the west of Bala.His paternal family derived from the Vaughans of Llwydiarth and his mother Ellen, came from the Nanney or Nannau estate in the same county. Vaughan's wife was from Llanuwchlyn. Vaughan studied in Oxford