Re: [tied] Basileus

From: João S. Lopes Filho
Message: 7577
Date: 2001-06-12

I'd guess a relation between Akhileus,  Akheloos and perhaps Akheron.
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Basileus

With all due respect etc., Graves was a poet, not a linguist. Well, if the reading of Linear B a-ki-re-u is correct, there must have been multiple Achilles even well before the Trojan War. "Lipless", however, is a typical folk etymology. If only the name were "Akheilos" or "Akhellos" ...
 
Piotr
 
 
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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Basileus

Well. Robert Graves says Achilles means 'lipless', it referring to the skull of an oracular hero. He says there se