Only this morning someone asked me where we got our name Syntagma from. It happens quite a lot.

The original Syntagma Towers in Athens

The boring answer is that I found it through Linguistic Philosophy — do not switch off! It means creating a “whole” from many parts, as words make up a sentence. A bit like a blog network, in fact.

There is a much more famous meaning, though. Syntagma is the name of the Greek Constitution, and also the Square where the Parliament (pictured) is located. I really didn’t know about all that when I named this ship and all who sail in her : Syntagma.

The guidebooks say :

Syntagma (constitution in Greek) is the square in front of the Parliament (formerly the King’s Palace, built between 1836 and 1840 by King Otto and financed by his father Ludwig I of Bavaria) and it is considered the main square of Athens.

Interestingly, our Syntagma is number one on Google for the word “syntagma”, just above the Greek Constitution and Square.

How’s that for fame?