A pseudonym or alias is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name. This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally rep
Mug shots of Forrest Parks of Louisville, Kentucky in 1936, when he was arrested for robbery, and 1946, when he was arrested for gambling under the alias "William Benton"
A young George Sand (real name "Amantine Lucile Dupin")
William Sydney Porter, who went by the pen name O. Henry or Olivier Henry, in 1909
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Gre
Pseudonym
…A pseudonym (; from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos) 'falsely named') or alias (, AY-lee-əs) is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs…
An inscription about the construction of the statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon, 440/439 BC
Ostracon bearing the name of Cimon, Stoa of Attalos