Naming a Rapidly Reusable Rocket

Alfred Stappenbeck
1 min readDec 5, 2021

Seeking inspiration from Ancient Greece

Themes: Repetition, Flame, Carrying, Upward Motion, Sky

Phora “φορά”

(Ancient Greek) — act of carrying (see link)

Anaphora

(Rhetoric) — the [repetition] of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Epiphora (Epistrophe)

(Rhetoric) — the [repetition] of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

Echo

(Greek Mythology) — Zeus's lover, cursed by Hera to [repeat] the last words spoken to her

Sisyphus

(Greek Mythology) — cursed by Hades to roll a bolder up a steep incline for eternity [repetition, upward]

Infinitum

( Rhetoric ) — argumentum ad infinitum the logical fallacy. [repetition]

Prometheus

(Greek Mythology) —stealing fire and giving it to humanity, cursed by Zeus to have an eagle eat his liver every night. [fire and repetition]

Ixion

(Greek Mythology) — Sought Hera, tricked to make love to a cloud and cursed by Zeus to be bound to a burning wheel for eternity. [fire, repetition, sky]

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