Notion of Epithet

Аннотация

Abstract: An epithet 'adjective',from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional') is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature.