Re: Non-Indo-European Vocabulary in Greek?

From: mrcaws
Message: 12410
Date: 2002-02-21

--- the same region.
>
> It may also have had a suffix *-o:s, apparent in such names as
> Mt. Athos, the bronze giant Talos, etc. I've seen the theory that
> Talos was originally a sun god; in that case, his name would
> originally have been a word for "Sun". Since words for "Sun" tend
> to be relatively stable, this could be an important clue as to the
> relationships of this pre-Hellenic language.
>


Do you happen to know where I could find info on the Talos/Sun god
connection? By the way, I posted something on connections between
Orion, Achilles, and Talos in #12328

Cort Willams