Re: Athena(i) Re: Transcription exercise
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 11:32 |
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On 9/26/06, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
> > Philip Newton skrev:
> > > ...ah, the article goes on to claim: "In ancient Greek,
> > > the name of Athens was Ἀθῆναι-Athenai, plural of
> > > Ἀθηνά-Athene, the Attic name of the Goddess Athena.
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> No, that doesn't make sense and, indeed, gives an incorrect form. The
> Attic name is Ἀθηνᾶ, with a circumflex on the final alpha.
Ah. I thought I had remembered a circumflex there, too.
(And I vaguely recall an iota hypogegrammenon... but I'm less sure of
that. Ray?)
> [snip snip]
Thanks for the explanation!
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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