Re: The Thrakoid presence in ancient Ukraine [Was:[tied] Thracian p

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

> *****GK: Just a couple of remarks. Note that in the
> time of Herodotus, the "Neuroi" lived as far south as
> the upper reaches of the Boh(g) (= Hypanis) river.
> This correlates well with hydronymic and
> archaeological data. But while agreeing that the term
> can be explained in terms of contemporary Baltic
> languages, I am not so sure that Herodotus' "Neuroi"
> referred exclusively to the ancestors of today's
> Balts. I am of the opinion that it included
> populations which were in the process of evolving into
> "Slavs" though in the 5th c. BC they could still
> easily be mixed up with their northern neighbours.

Can You write more about that archaeological data? What was
territory of that archaeological culture? Can it be that west Balts
were pushing Niaurai to the east, because Celts were pushing west
Balts? Grass snake was agent of Perkunas (Zeus) in Baltic paganism.
Lithuanians were breeding grass snakes in their houses. Also,
Herodotus: "their land produced serpents in vast numbers". So,
Niaurai were breeding grass snakes too?

Regards, Aigius