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But every now and then, a male comes along with such skill at hunting that he earns the right to use the name. HollyвЂ™s brusque commander, Julius Root, is named after the famous Roman commander Julius Caesar, and as for Artemis Fowl, he says himself that Artemis is вЂњgenerally a female name, after the Greek goddess of the hunt. LEP Recon agent Holly Short is similarly sweet to look at but unexpectedly deadly - appropriate given that Cupid was her great-grandfather. So despite his innocent exterior, he is actually one of the most dangerous and feared gods - a suitable model for the CHERUB agents.Д¤. The God of desire, Cupid, is at first glance a sweet little boy with wings, but his arrows can infect anyone, god or mortal, with maddening, destructive love. President Coriolanus Snow in the film of Suzanne CollinsвЂ™ novel, Catching Fire.ДЄlthough the word Cherub comes originally from the Hebrew, the Cherub logo actually resembles the Roman god Cupid who the Roman poet Apuleius describes as вЂњa winged boy вЂ¦ who is armed with flames and arrowsвЂќ. CinnaвЂ™s name, for example, recalls Lucius Cornelius Cinna, who rebelled against two successive Roman dictators. While many who support Panem are named after members of the Roman establishment вЂ“ emperors, generals, politicians вЂ“ some of those who challenge the regime are also given appropriate Roman names. Nero later forced Seneca to commit suicide, just as Seneca Crane is locked in a room with nothing but a bowl of poisonous nightlock berries. The Head Gamemakers, Plutarch Heavensbee and Seneca Crane, are named after two Roman writers - Plutarch, who wrote biographies of famous heroes, generals and politicians, and Seneca, playwright, politician and tutor to the infamous emperor Nero. What is more, President Snow is named after the harsh Roman general Coriolanus, who showed utter contempt for the Roman poor, while the mythical founder of Rome, Romulus, gives his name to Romulus Thread, the violent Head Peacekeeper of District 12.

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Bread was the free corn dole given out to all RomeвЂ™s poor by the emperor, while circuses referred to all the chariot races and gladiatorial games paid for by the emperors to keep their people happy and prevent rebellion - the similarities with CollinsвЂ™ dystopian state are clear to see. You might have already spotted that the Hunger Games are rather like Roman gladiatorial contests, but did you know that the dystopian state of Panem is named after a Latin quotation? The Roman poet Juvenal complained that the Roman people only cared about вЂњpanem et circensesвЂќ - вЂњbread and circusesвЂќ.

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The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half Blood PrinceДў. Even more accurate would have been вЂњsanguisugaвЂќ - bloodsucker! Another fun name is the vampire Sanguine, who Harry meets at one of SlughornвЂ™s parties and whose name comes from the Latin word for blood, вЂњsanguisвЂќ.

DracoвЂ™s mother, Narcissa Malfoy, is named after the vain Narcissus, the mythical youth who starved to death while gazing at his own reflection, whereas Professor McGonagall is named after the Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva. For instance, вЂњdolorвЂќ means вЂњgriefвЂќ in Latin, while вЂњumbraвЂќ means вЂњshadowвЂќ, and what could be more appropriate for the exquisitely nasty Dolores Umbridge? As for Draco, not only does his name mean вЂњserpentвЂќ or вЂњdragonвЂќ, but in ancient Athens there was a famously vicious lawmaker called Draco who put people to death for stealing fruit or just being lazy - no wonder he inspired our word вЂњdraconianвЂќ. Rowling also drew on the ancient world when naming many of her characters.

Most of the exotic sounding spells are really just simple commands translated into Latin вЂ“ for example вЂњcrucioвЂќ means вЂњI tortureвЂќ, вЂњevanescoвЂќ translates as вЂњI vanishвЂќ and вЂњaccioвЂќ means вЂњI summonвЂќ.

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JK Rowling actually studied classics and French at university, so itвЂ™s unsurprising the Harry Potter books are packed full of classical references. Many of our best loved childrenвЂ™s books were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, though you may not realise it at first.

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