Re: 'dyeus' chronology

At 1:33:42 PM on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, shivkhokra
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <bm.brian@...> wrote:

>> At 3:18:47 PM on Saturday, October 9, 2010, shivkhokra
>> wrote:

>>> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
>>> <bm.brian@> wrote:

[...]

>>>> You appear to have completely missed Francesco's point,
>>>> which is that all of this is completely irrelevant to
>>>> Linear B <pu-ro> 'Pulos', which cannot have the same
>>>> source.

>>> No. I have given two examples: matoropuro and rauratijo
>>> puro

>> And *again* you miss the point. If you cannot read any
>> better than that, you're wasting everyone's time.

> No. I find it strange that you are considering Homer the
> "geographer's" Pylos as gospel, eventhough Crete existed
> 700 years prior to Homer, and the fact that many modern
> scholars reject misguided (nationalistic?)attempts to seek
> "history" in Homer.

What *are* you blathering about now? Homer has nothing to
do with it.

> At the same time you have no words of admonishment for
> McAllister and Brighenti when they say that Vedic
> Saraswati is not the same Saraswati that is now a dry
> river bed even though Rg Veda list rivers *in order*
> starting from Ganga and travelling west and each of these
> rivers is still at exactly the same spot as given in the
> verse.

Rick didn't actually say any such thing: he suggested the
possibility. And I wouldn't comment in any case, since I
know nothing about that particular issue. I *do* know
something about the linguistic issue, however.

> Why such double standard?

> PS: Seals on Crete contain the name Ma-to-ro.

Really?

> Minoan Cretan language belongs to Satem group unlike
> Greek.

Eh? Minoan is an isolate.

> Their is reference to Siva like destroyer on Cretan
> tablets.

Do tell.

Brian