Re: [tied] Sardinia

Both Olbias, the one in Sardinia and the one in Sarmatia, were Greek colonies, and the name is Greek, of course. It's the feminine form of Gk. olbios 'happy, blessed'.

As for the rest -- indeed, I'll smile sardonically ;-}

Piotr

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Subject: Re: [tied] Sardinia

For sure you will smile now, but I make the conection which has some points which could be very interesting. For instance we have some paralels like: -sardoi but we have too thracians examples like: Sardonis , in the latin form Sardonius -serdi or sardi, the wellknow tribe which builded the city of Serdica, actual Sofia -saldensii as tribe, villages as Serdica, Sardeis ( in the neighbourship of Callatis), Just these cognaets will be just coincindeces but we have to see, there is more as this. If we take a look at the old ports of Sardinia, we will find these names for instances: Bithia, Sulcis, Tharros, Bosa, Olbia Let see: Bithia = ancient port in Sardinia bithus, bitos, bitus, Bithinia, all getic words Sulcis= ancient port in Sardinia suci as getic tribe, sucidava as toponym, the pass Succi in teh valey of Hebrus Tharros= ancient port in Sadrinia thracian names like:Tharsas, Turesis and something far, the tribe of Trausi Bosa , mm. here i do not find nothing just the whole derivtes from bessi, but nothing more For Olbia, we have in getic theritory to an Olbia , but we know the city from the getic theritory was biulded by milesies.. It is interesting to find such cognates. Or maybe there is something more as just coincindeces. Olbia= ancient port in Sardinia