Re: Semele and Demeter
From: Ivanovas/Milatos
Message: 876
Date: 2000-01-12
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode">Dennis wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode">>Greece, Crete and the Aegean were
integral parts of an East Mediterranean >cultural and economic sphere
dominated by Egypt, at least from the >founding of the XI Dynasty until the
invasions of the Sea Peoples, i.e. for >most of the 2<SUP>nd</SUP> millennium
BC. Anatolia, dominated as it was by the >Hittites the traditional enemies of
the Egyptians, was excluded from this >sphere. It would therefore seem more
useful to look at Egypt and the >Levant when seeking elucidations of Greek
myths, divine and mythical >names and other non-Greek words, rather than
Anatolia or even further >afield, which, despite intensive scholarship, has
proved singularly >unproductive.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode">The problem here, Dennis, is
archaeological evidence. Actually it seems there are more artifacts from Crete
found in Egypt than vice versa, especially for the second millenium B.C., as far
as I recall. And it seems highly improbable someone should have 'imported' only
language. On the other hand the second millenium shows an immense influence of
Crete especially on mainland Greece (Mycenae, Pylos etc.) and on the islands of
the Aegean. So certainly everybody would be looking for Cretan loanwords
into the other languages around the Aegean - if we knew more of the Minoan
language.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode">Best wishes from Crete</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode">Sabine</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>