The George and Martha sereis of childrens books feature an animal whose name comes from an ancient Greek word that means what?
George and Martha George and Martha is a series of children's books written and illustrated by James Marshall between 1972 and 1988. Each book in the series contained a number of short stories describing interactions between two hippos, George and Martha. The books inspired an animated children's television show which comprised 26 episodes made in 1999, and a musical in 2011.
Alexandra Alexandra (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρα ) is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος , "Alexandros"). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb ἀλέξειν ("alexein") "to defend" and ἀνήρ ("anēr") "man" ( ἀνδρός "andros"). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name was one of the titles or epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨 , "a-re-ka-sa-da-ra", written in the Linear B syllabic script.