Re: Poseidon

From: John Croft
Message: 3355
Date: 2000-08-22

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.

*Da-o-ne seems to be the Greek goddess Dione. Potis Da-o-ne (=
Consort/Lord of Dione?)

Regards

John