Re: [tied] Re: "Odin of Asgard"

From: george knysh
Message: 11762
Date: 2001-12-11

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, thank God for Loeb.
> As for Butones = Gutones this still depends on an
> emendation.
>
> More from Detschew:
>
> Gete:no� as designation for the Getae [als
> Bezeichnung der Geten],
> Steph. Byz. 206, 10
>
> also
>
> Getas, Gete:s, Geta, name
> 1. king of the Edones
> ... (from Boeotia, Alexandria, as slave name)
>
> BTW how old is the personal name G�te in Swedish
> (cf. Dan and Vagn
> (from wagnijo?) in Danish)?
>
> Torsten

*****GK: Note that you have a much bigger problem than
the Geta-Goth assimilation. According to Strabo and
Pliny, the Getae were the same people as the Dacians.
And the Dacians were certainly not Goths.*****
>
>
>


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