Renaming Livius.Org (a bit)

[Jona Lendering]

The official name of my website is "Livius. Articles on Ancient History". The name "Livius" is fixed; the second element, however, has recently become problematic.

Let me explain. As some of you will know, I work for a private school, which is also called Livius. The website is part of the way we present ourselves; we may not be a university, but we are serious about bringing the results of scholarship to a great number of people.

Pretty soon, the school will have a logo and a common design for things like envelops, flyers, posters, and so on. This design will consist of one word, "Livius", which will be followed by a second word: "teaching", "travel", "photography", "books", and finally - "web articles on ancient history". But that's four words, and that's way too long.

I have proposed "Livius Encyclopedia", which is (changing one letter) also in Dutch a possibility. However, there was some nagging doubt, and my friend Bill explained what it was: "encyclopedia" sounds flat and pedantic.

But I do not know an alternative. "Articles", "pieces", "catalog", and "website" all have obvious disadvantages. "Reference" sounds a bit plain, but not pedantic, or so I think - but I am not a native speaker.

Perhaps I am forced to settle for "encyclopedia", but I still hope someone has a clever idea.

[Nathan Ross]

How about 'Compendium' ?

There's an implication of summarising, but in a very learned way! Plus it's latin, and a little more evocative than 'encyclopedia'...

- Nathan

[Praefectusclassis]

Stuff? :wink:
But seriously, why not Livius - History? Yes, it may suggest you're discussing the history of the site/company, or of the ancient author, but anyone will see in a sec what the site is about, and it IS about history.

[Iagoba]

I second that :wink:

[M. Demetrius]

Livius Historia?

[Epictetus]

I would keep it simple and descriptive. Does it have to be a one word description? If so, I don't think Encyclopedia is too bad. If you can use more words, maybe "Ancient History" or something similar.

[Narukami]

In you system of naming the second word expresses a function or object -- "teaching" "travel" "book" etc.

So how about Livius - On-Line

I know, I know, it is two words by through common usage we think of it as a single word and it expresses both a function and a place.

Just a thought.

:|

Narukami

[Jona Lendering]

So how about Livius - On-Line

We may have found the winner of this contest. Somebody sent me an e-mail this afternoon with the same idea, and I like it very much; my business partner seems to be pleased as well, but the main test is of course what his wife thinks of it. That's not a joke, she has some kind of sixth sense for these things.