Re: [tied] Re: Achilles.

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From: João Simões Lopes Filho

To: cybalist@egroups.com

Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 5:25 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Achilles.

Joao wrote:

I think Ulysses was the Homeric incarnation of Hermes, that is, the
Trickster God, vestige of IE Fire-God.
Other ones points OULYSSES < *ULUKS- <*LUG-; Lugh x Balor = Ulysses x
Polyphemos?

 

Hmm, Joao, Ulysses is the Latin version of the name. Wasn't he called Odusseus/Odu:seus in Homer? It's true that Greek variants with l for d also occurred: Oulikseus , Oulikse:s, O(:)lus(s)eus, Olut(t)eus and Oliseus -- but I can't see how you could plausibly connect any of them with Celtic Lug (whose name, in addition to IE *leugH-, as suggested by Chris, has also been connected with German locken 'allure' and further, rather speculatively, with Scandinavian Loki).

Piotr