That's a point...
Laomedon seems Greek, but Assarakos don't.
ANtenor seems Greek, but Kapys don't.
Ilos, Tro:s, Teukros, He:sione:, Kassandra, etc... A lot of names, with few sure etymologies.
I personally think Trojan War is not historical, but can bring some historical traits, mingled with a huge amount of myths. Iliad seems more like Mahabharata, an epic version of apocalyptical Proto-Greek (or Pre-Greek, or both) mythologies. A kind of Ragnarok converted into humanly battles.
Odysseus is like an "humanized" Fire-God, Aias a strong brute as Thor/Vayu, Akhiles or his son Pyrrhos a savior like Vishnu/Krishna/Vidarr, etc.
Joao SL
----- Mensagem original ----
De: alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 3 de Abril de 2007 21:55:09
Assunto: Re: [tied] Hekto:r means...?
--- In cybalist@... s.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2007-04-03 09:27, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
>
> > Mycenaean names with <e-ko-> as the first
> > element (such as <e-ko-da-mo> ) have later counterparts with <niko->
> > (Nikode:mos) . This strengthens the case for "Hector the Conqueror".
>
> A small self-correction. It's actually Myc. <e-ke->, as in <e-ke-da-
mo>,
> <e-ke-me-de> .
>
> Piotr
>
Piotr, I think that the first point, before the etymologies, is:
Why Greek names together with non-Greek ones, among the Trojans ?
We need this answer first.
Do you have any idea?
Marius