Re: Europa < Aurapa, Aurupe, Aurape?

Also, wife of Rhadmanthus was Alcmene. From Kazimieras Kuzavinis and
Bronys Savukynas book " Lietuviø vardø kilmës þodynas" (Dictionary
of Lithuanian names and their origins):

"Alkmenë - Prussian, from Alkmenas
Alkmenas - Prussian, alk- (: Lithuanian ALKAS, ALKA, meaning SACRED
PLACE) + men- (: Lithuanian MIN-TI, MEN-A, meaning TO REMEMBER)"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Aigius" <segijus@...> wrote:
> Sons of Zeus and Europa were Minos and Rhadmanthus. Can Minos be
> misspeling of Minas and Rhadmanthus be misspeling of Radmantas?
> From Kazimieras Kuzavinis and Bronys Savukynas book " Lietuviø
vardø
> kilmës þodynas" (Dictionary of Lithuanian names and their origins):
>
> "Minas, Minius - shortened from Minbutas, Minkantas, Minvainas and
> others,...
> Radmantas - rad- (: Lithuanian RAD-O, RAS-TI, meaning FOUND, TO
> FIND) + mant- (: Lithuanian MANT-US, meaning CLEVER; MANT-A,
meaning
> RICHIES)"
>
> Herodotus wrote about river Auras in Thracia: "on the other from
the
> Agathyrsians the Maris river flows and is mixed with the Ister and
> from Haemos' peaks three other large ones flow to the north wind
and
> pour out into it, the Atlas, the Auras and the Tibisis, while
> through Thrace and the Crobuzian Thracians flow the Athrys, the
Noes
> and the Aptanes and they discharge into the Ister, from the
> Paeonians and a mountain, Rhodope, the Scios river splits the
Haemos
> in its middle and discharges into it, from the Illyrians flows to
> the north wind the Angros river and pours into the Triballician
> plain and into the river Brongos and the Brongos into the Ister
> (thus the Ister receives both that are large) and from the country
> further inland of the Ombricians the Carpis river and another, the
> Alpis, even those, to the North wind flow and discharge into it."
>
> So, Latin word AURUM + Dacian word APA, meaning RIVER, > Aurapa >
> misspeling Europa?