Re: [tied] Re: Poseidon

That's also impossible: how can Da-o-ne = Dione? Dione must be *Di-wo-na.

Joao SL

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From: John Croft <jdcroft@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 2:47 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Poseidon


> Piote wrote
> > Yes, this is a valid objection; po-se-da-o-ne on the Pylos tablets
> practically rules out *Potis da:wo:n. Note, by the way, that the
> apparently female counterpart po-si-da-e-ja also appears there. I
> still think the identification of the first element as
> potis~posis/Voc. *potei makes sense, whatever the correct analysis of
> *-da:o:n.
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> *Da-o-ne seems to be the Greek goddess Dione. Potis Da-o-ne (=
> Consort/Lord of Dione?)
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> Regards
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> John
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