Re: [tied] Re: APOLLO and ... MARS?

All sources usually consider "sminthos" as a Cretan substratum/
I see a similarity between the "medical" role of Apollon Smintheus and
Phoenician Ishmun, but I think that the name Ishmun has no meaning of
"mouse".

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From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: APOLLO and ... MARS?


> >I thought that Greek [sminthos] = "mouse", [Smintheus] = "mouse god".
>
> Hmm, is there an IE origin to *sminthos or is this considered to
> be a mysterious substrate word? I hesitate to consider it Tyrrhenian,
> since I'm particular about my current theory that the expected
> Tyrrhenian reflex of "mouse" from ProtoSteppe was *sekla/*setla
> (hence Sethlans).
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