Re: [tied] Re: The Philistines

From: alex_lycos
Message: 19698
Date: 2003-03-11

----- Original Message -----
From: "george knysh" <gknysh@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> *****GK: Just in passing. What would be your reading
> of the tribal name AGATHYRSI (Herodotus)?
> AGA===THYRSI? What would "AGA" be here? Snake,
> Mountain? ??******

No snake, no mountain, but "agha"
Tomascheck has its own interpretation of "aga". He suppose this meant
"bad/hard" in "scythic mouth".
What should mean this "schythinc mouth" , it remains open since it seems
"scyths" is more a common geographical name as a folk or linguistic
unity.
As for "tyrsos" Tomascheck make the connection with PIE *ters and it
should mean simply "peasants". From this name should be derivate the
name known by Greeks , the one of "thracians".So he will to say
Aga-Thyrosos meant " the bad/hard thracians" aka "the bad/hard
peasants".