why is our galaxy called the milkyway?

Question: why is our galaxy called the milkyway?
- Keywords:
  galaxy,
  Milky Way,
  universe
Asked by anon-191649 to Graeme on 12 Nov 2018.
- Graeme Poole answered on 12 Nov 2018:
  
  It was called the “Milky Way” by the Greeks and Romans, because in really dark skies where you can see all the stars, it looks like a large streak of spilt milk across the sky.

Question: why is our galaxy called the milkyway?