[bcgraham]

Just a little bit of trivia for other Stephenson fans: Anathem’s narrator is named “Erasmas.” This is a phonetic representation of the Greek “ήρωάς μας,” meaning “our hero.”

[hardlianotion]

He has form with that sort of thing: Hiro Protagonist from Snow Crash

(Edit - heh - just saw parent poster’s username ...)

[hprotagonist]

i also read it as a nod to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus : Raz mentions at one point that his mathic name was the same as an older figure’s, who has some of these attributes.