SHAKSPER 1999: Re: Desdemona

From: Hardy M. Cook (editor@ws.bowiestate.edu)
Date: 10/08/99 

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.1714  Friday, 8 October 1999.

From:           Asami Nakayama <pome@peach.ocn.ne.jp>
Date:           Friday, 8 Oct 1999 21:47:59 +0900
Subject:        RE: False as water?

>By the way, does anybody knows what "Desdemona" means? Gutierre Tibon's
>"Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios", which I don't know if I
>can trust,  derives it from the Greek  "dysdaimon",  meaning "the
>unhappy one" or "the bereaved one".
>
>Thanks to all,
>Elena.

Who was it that pointed out there is a 'demon' in the name Desdemona?

Cheers,
Asami N.


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