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KittyKat | 15:40 Mon 18th Oct 2004 | History
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Did the Greeks have surnames? And if so, what kind of surnames?

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Greek ones
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Jones, Parappopoloupikanilis , Brown , Smith , Macdonald.
The ancient greeks did not have surnames, however strange that may sound. I beleive it was Solon (of Athenian politics) who introduced an addition to peoples names, not nessessarily a surname, but a 'from' name, i.e. John would be known as John of Knossos etc.
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