There is a discussion going on (another list) about
the possible identity of the mysterious "Boranoi" or
"Boradoi" who accompanied the Goths on their assaults
against the Roman Empire in the mid-3rd century. One
of the proposed solutions is that these terms can be
taken to mean "the peoples of the North" or "northern
peoples". Now this is definitely possible on other
grounds. What worries me, though, is the absence of
the expected "e" in the Greek. "Boreas" "Hyperborei"
et sim. is solid, but "Boradoi"? Would the "e" be
mandatory here?
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