The Doctrine
THE TIER SYSTEM
Greek prosody determines restoration depth. Two phonological features — stress and vowel length — define three tiers of scholarly authenticity. Every archetype in the pantheon is classified according to what survives from the original language.
The Science
Greek Prosody
Ancient Greek was a pitch-accent language. Every word carried a melody — rising and falling tones — and distinguished long vowels from short. Our tier system maps these lost features to Unicode restoration depth.
Stress
The acute (´) marks rising pitch on a short vowel. The circumflex (ˆ) combines stress and length on one syllable. The grave (`) is a neutralized acute.
Length
Greek distinguished long from short vowels. η (ē) is always long; ω (ō) is always long. Long α, ι, υ exist but are harder to detect. We mark them with macrons (¯).
Both Together
When the Greek original carries both features, the transliteration preserves the full scholarly orthography. This is the philological ideal — every recoverable phonological detail retained.
The Classification
Three Tiers of Authenticity
Acute Stress + Long Vowel
Full Restoration
The Greek original carries both an acute stress mark (or circumflex) and at least one long vowel. The transliteration preserves the full scholarly orthography.
These names have only one valid Unicode restoration. Their ASCII fallbacks are modern English spellings — not ancient canonical forms.
Stress Only or Length Only
Partial Restoration
The Greek original carries only one feature — either acute stress or a long vowel, but not both. The transliteration preserves whichever feature remains.
These are still authentic scholarly orthographies, but they represent a partial restoration of the original phonological system.
Both Features × Multiple Valid Forms
The Exceptional Four
These four archetypes have multiple historically valid Unicode spellings because their Greek originals allow alternate stress positions, alternate long-vowel interpretations, or dialectal variation.
Their ASCII fallbacks are also historically legitimate. You own multiple domain variants. This is not a bug — it is a linguistic feature of these names.
The Collection
Explore by Tier
All 54 archetypes, filterable by tier classification. Click any name to enter its temple.
The Exceptional Four
Dual-Tier Names
These four names carry both stress and length and support multiple historically valid restorations. Their domain variants are not duplicates — they are alternate scholarly readings.
Methodology
Scholarly Sources
Every restoration is grounded in established philological reference. We do not invent accents — we recover them.
Liddell-Scott-Jones
The standard Greek-English lexicon. Our macron conventions follow LSJ practice.
Beekes Etymological Dictionary
Indo-European etymology and reconstructed forms for Greek names.
Cambridge Greek Grammar
Standard reference for accentuation rules and vowel quantity.
Oxford Classical Texts
Critical editions with full diacritical apparatus.
Faulkner's Egyptian Dictionary
For Egyptian names and transliteration conventions.
Smyth Greek Grammar
The American standard for Greek accent and quantity.
Live Punycode Converter
Type a Unicode domain to see its Punycode encoding and the archetype it belongs to.