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Didyme is Greek and means twin. In addition to the mythology connection that Kirke posted, it was the old Greek name of the island of Salina (see: http://www.travel-italy.com/info/sicily/articles/aeolian_islands_salina.php ). The masculine form, Didymos gives us the element name Neodymium (see: http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/60.html ). Didymos (aka Didymus) was the name of a Greek scholar (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didymus_Chalcenterus ).

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In Modern Greek, I'm pretty sure Didyme (Δίδυμη) is pronounced THEE-thee-mee (TH as in this). I'm unsure of the English pronunciation, but I would fancy a guess of die-DIE-mee or did-IE-mee.

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⊕Amanda⊕
This love was a bell that rang
unheard in the air.
♦Jewel♦

This message was edited 8/21/2009, 6:18 PM