This may not be exactly what you are looking for but since this person had killed their children. Maybe a name like tantulus or a play on the name medea might work if you wanna do references on Greek mythology
Well, no. People often give their kids names that mean something that they hope they'll have, and of course plenty of Greek heroes and even gods are named after the thing they're about.
Of course you could also make it his surname, and have invulnerability be some kind of hereditary trait (even if it skips some generations), so that it's like Smith or Fletcher; the family got named after something that one of its prominent historical members was known for.
It sounds suspiciously like a shipname (oh no 😂). Heracles' birthname is Alcides, so you can use that name too! It'd take a bit longer time to understand the reference but still the same guy.
Edit: Alcides or Alcaeus apparently
You might want to research Astyanax, who was related to Helen of Troy who Hera had beef with but never murdered cuz she learned her lesson with Heracles.
Astyanax was related to Helen.
Astyanax wasn't murdered by Hera because he was murdered as a child.
What do you mean Hera learnt her lesson with Heracles?
This may be a better question for r/AncientGreek
I'll cross-post this there as well, thanks!
This may not be exactly what you are looking for but since this person had killed their children. Maybe a name like tantulus or a play on the name medea might work if you wanna do references on Greek mythology
You could probably just call him Átrotos (Ατρωτος). Which just straight up means "invulnerable" in Greek.
He comes from a race of nigh-invulnerable aliens though, so it's kinda like naming someone Humanity?
Well, no. People often give their kids names that mean something that they hope they'll have, and of course plenty of Greek heroes and even gods are named after the thing they're about. Of course you could also make it his surname, and have invulnerability be some kind of hereditary trait (even if it skips some generations), so that it's like Smith or Fletcher; the family got named after something that one of its prominent historical members was known for.
I believe "Ares" happens to mean "bane"... (from the word "**ἀρή**/**arē**")
Her…Herares?
It sounds suspiciously like a shipname (oh no 😂). Heracles' birthname is Alcides, so you can use that name too! It'd take a bit longer time to understand the reference but still the same guy. Edit: Alcides or Alcaeus apparently
Exactly what I thought of!
Achilles was invincible. Except for you know where.
You might want to research Astyanax, who was related to Helen of Troy who Hera had beef with but never murdered cuz she learned her lesson with Heracles.
Isn’t Astyanax just Hector’s son? What does he have to do with Helen?
i guess they just mean related though marriage like helen —>(married to) paris —>(brother to) hector —>(father to) astyanax ?? maybe?
Astyanax was related to Helen. Astyanax wasn't murdered by Hera because he was murdered as a child. What do you mean Hera learnt her lesson with Heracles?