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cybalist@egroups.com, João Simões Lopes Filho <jodan99@...>
wrote:
> What are the etymologies?
> ...
> ARTEMIS Myc. A-te-mi-te < IE *rtk'- "bear" ? ...
I don't think Artemis has anything to do with "a bear" unless
it's a dancing bear. :-)
Artemis was a Phoenician goddess before she became a Greek goddess.
Artemis = ancient Greek goddess, identified by the Romans with Diana,
characterized as a virgin huntress associated with the moon, forests
and childbirth.
The word "rhythm" is probably connected with the goddess Artemis.
rhythm < Latin rhythmus < Greek rhythmós ~ Artemis
The syllables of Artemis occur in the following Hebrew words:
yod-resh-het yaray(akh)= moon
yod-aiyin-resh ya'ar = forest
yod-resh-heh yarah = shoot (arrow)
lamed-dalet-heh laydah = birth (L>R and D>T)
resh-oh-dalet-feh rodayf = hunter (D>T)
taf-alef-oh-mem ta'omim = twins
taf-oh-mem tom = perfect innocence, virgin
taf-mem-oo-saf tamoos= unblemished condition (Talmudic)
taf-mem-oo-saf-heh t'moosah = animal on the point of death
(Talmudic)
What is rhythm / Artem[is] pronounced backwards?
You're right: symmetry/meter = the rhythmic element in music
< Gk métron = measure
Compare Diana with dance = to move rhythmically,
usually to the accompaniment of music