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  • From: Barry <nebarry AT verizon.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Marathon
  • Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 05:59:25 -0400

On 5/27/2013 7:29 PM, Barry H. wrote:
> All of these are extremely unlikely. More later, Deo et tempore volentibus...
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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>
> On May 27, 2013, at 7:19 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
>
>> We have mentioned here before that the name of the Greek goddess
>> אתנה Athena
>> is possibly of a Semitic origin, being but a slight variation on
>> Adena, corresponding
>> to the biblical names DAN and DINAH, from the root אדן ADN, as in
>> אדון העולם
>> ADON HA-OLAM, the master of the universe.
>>
>> This morning, a man I know, confided to me that he thinks the place
>> name Marathon
>> (from which we have the Boston Marathon) is also of Semitic origin,
>> to wit: מר-אתון MAR-ATHON, there having been in this location of
>> old possibly
>> a temple to this MAR (recall מרדכי MARDKEI = MAR-AD-XAY).
>>
>> I thought that marathon is kind of a kraut, but is there possibly
>> some truth in what this inventive philologue is saying?

Ok, you've already been answered regarding Marathon. As for Athens, the etymology is unknown, and probably from a pre-hellenic language, but almost certainly IE.


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