Re: Kassi Script

On Jun 13, 2004, at 7:44 AM, Ray Brown wrote:
> On Saturday, June 12, 2004, at 12:14 , Barbara Barrett wrote:
>> Soory bout this; it got shuffled and I didn't notice till now. BB
> [snip]
>>> IIRC the Greeks had it both ways - attributing letters both to the
>>> god
>>> Hermes/Thoth and to an historical personage who's name escapes me
>>> for the
>>> moment ;-).
>
> Kadmos, king of Thebes (i.e. the Thebes in Boiotia, Grrece, not the
> Thebes
> in Egypt) - he was credited with introducing Phoenician letters to
> Greece.
>
> Ray
Hmm... coincidence that the Semitic root /qdm/ can mean "ancient, east,
forward"?


-Stephen (Steg)
  "you're silwaan..."

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