Apollonia -- Greek sun god Apollo
Carmen Elektra -- Elektra is a character in a Greek play
Ulysses -- a show he did at Glam Slam Los Angeles named after Ulysses a hero of the Trojan war
the role of his mother in the movie Purple Rain was played by a Greek actress named
Olga Karlatos

Damn! lol

well no shit, but?

Interesting...and cool..yeah..

Wishuhvn is also 1/2 Greek, so that's another connection... Aloha~

He also had a Greek stand-in for Purple Rain who later got fired.

And I talked to a Greek girl during the second celebration who somehow, in some way had some connection.


The Apollonia name was inspired by The Godfather though, not necessarily the Greek sun god.


What about the Arab connection ? There´s a strong Arab connection since at least 1992.

Afshin Shahidi, photographer ( sounds Arabic or Persian )

Some security personell during the 2002 celebration

trips to Egypt

trips to Morocco

the mention of the Middle East conflict in Pearls Before the Swine

the whole Symbol album and the crownprincess of Cairo storyline

the Arab musicians during the 1998 concert in Spain ( percussionists ?)

those Arab guys he talked with in Marbella

part of Mani´s family

Cinnamon Girl

the Xenophobia videoclip during the ONA tour and his mention of passports etc.

darbouka and other Arab/Middle Eastern/Anatolian instruments on Around The World In A Day

the instrumental intro to 7 during the Act I & Act II tour

Mayte´s sword dance

the videoclip for Te Amo Corazon

eats hummus with pita bread on tour


and so on...there´s definitely an Arab connection as well



[Edited 8/5/06 8:55am]

I seriously think Prince chose the "Elektra" bit on purpose, as in Freud's Electra complex were the young girl lusts for her father, it kinda fits doesn't it

And err Trojans and stuff