[tied] Re: "Odin of Asgard"

From: tgpedersen
Message: 11778
Date: 2001-12-12

--- In cybalist@..., george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:
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> --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, thank God for Loeb.
> > As for Butones = Gutones this still depends on an
> > emendation.
> >
> > More from Detschew:
> >
> > Gete:noí as designation for the Getae [als
> > Bezeichnung der Geten],
> > Steph. Byz. 206, 10
> >
> > also
> >
> > Getas, Gete:s, Geta, name
> > 1. king of the Edones
> > ... (from Boeotia, Alexandria, as slave name)
> >
> > BTW how old is the personal name Göte in Swedish
> > (cf. Dan and Vagn
> > (from wagnijo?) in Danish)?
> >
> > Torsten
>
> *****GK: Note that you have a much bigger problem than
> the Geta-Goth assimilation. According to Strabo and
> Pliny, the Getae were the same people as the Dacians.
> And the Dacians were certainly not Goths.*****
> >
> >
> >
>
>
No, it looks like I'd have to prove that Danes = Dacians, right?
Watch this space.

Torsten