From: Rick McCallister
Message: 61795
Date: 2008-11-22
--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> From: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
> Subject: Re: [tied] etymological question
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 5:24 PM
> On 2008-11-21 22:46, Rick McCallister wrote:
>
> > I came across something that suggests Persian pharnas
> "glorious" as one
> > of the roots. it mentions the name Olopharnes,
> Oropharnes as royal names
> > in Cappadocia c. IV c BCE
>
> The name definitely sounds Persian (*X-farnah-
> 'X-glory' in OPer. terms,
> cf. Av. xVar&nah-). According to many Bible critics the
> "Nebuchadnezzar"
> of the Book of Judith was actually a cover name for
> Artaxerxes III of
> Persia (there are some obvious Persian elements in the
> book). I'm not
> sure about the protheme, which was certainly mangled in the
>
> transmission. Perhaps *Aurafarna: = *a(h)ura-farnah-
> 'having
> glory/fortune given by the lord' (which I think is at
> least a likely
> interpretation of Oropharnes of Cappadocia's name).
>
> Piotr