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What is the significance of the names adopted by Celia and Rosalind?(Ganymede , Aliena)
what is their name's significance
what is their name's significance
Rosalind takes the name Ganymede, who in Greek Mythology was the most beautiful of boys (Trojan), and is carried away by Zeus to be a cupbearer. Rosalind, pretending to be a boy made the perfect choice.
Cecelia on the other hand takes the name of Aliena (the estranged one), which would allude to the girl's banishment.
I think jill is right,,.,,,,......
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