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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: B-Hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Marathon
  • Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 19:19:29 -0400

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?

Isaac Fried, Boston University



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