On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:46:54 +1000, Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au> wrote:***Egyptian kh could not be represented by Greek X until after it had changed
from an aspirated stop to a fricative.
This is contradicted by the rendering of the Old Kingdom Pharaoh known in
English as Khufu in Greek as Χέοψ/Cheops. Both Cheops and Apries are found
in Herodotus, so why there would be a difference in how Egyptian ḫ/kh is
rendered is not clear.
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Will Parsons
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