Re: [tied] some terms for George ( it was Re: Historical ...)

19-06-03 23:30, Lisa Darie wrote:

> 1. Samos Island was once inhabited by the Thracians.

When was that, and what evidence have you got for it?

> 2. Hera and Zeus were Thracian gods adopted by the Greeks.

Sorry, but this is utter nonsense.

> 3. the Samian festival was called in Greek Heraion. What was the
> Thracian name?

You tell me. I don't even know if it had a Thracian name at all. Do you
think it was <heram>? Why?

> 4. the orthodox Christian hram celebration seems quite similar with the
> Samian celebration, a public festival, sacrifice of sheep and cows,
> a banquet for the entire community with free food and drink

In other words, any festival is like any other festival. People eat,
drink and have fun :-)))

> 5. Here we are. There is also a linguistic connection. The Greek
> alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet
> has only consonants and no vowels. The Etruscan and Italic alphabets,
> from which was developed the Latin alphabet, used to drop the median
> vowel, but in words with two syllables was dropped the first vowel. Can
> be the word hram a descendant from heram, in which the first vowel was
> dropped?

Are you aware of the difference between letters and sounds? And what's
Thracian or, for that matter, Romanian got to do with Phoenician and
Etruscan? I must admit I'm completely puzzled. Also, your description of
the Italic writing systems is incorrect (as well as being irrelevant to
the origin of Romanian <hram>).

> Hera - heram - haram - hram - har

What's this? Noises made by a person suffering from asthma?
Linguistically, it makes no sense.

Piotr