All of these are extremely unlikely. More later, Deo et tempore volentibus...
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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?
Isaac Fried, Boston University
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