sword-and-sandal

Of film, to features the exploits and adventures of ancient and biblical figures, as was prominent in Italy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Sword-and-sandal films dominated cinemas for a period after the second World War, but they were quashed halfway through the sixties by the Spaghetti Western.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hyacinthus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Sukarno	soo-KAHR-no	Indonesian, Javanese
Origenes	-	Ancient Greek
Fatemah	-	Persian
Nida	-	Arabic, Urdu
Gilad	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew