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Re: CHAT: The Pythia (was: hi brethren)

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Saturday, March 25, 2000, 11:40
Am 03/25 06:56  Raymond Brown yscrifef:

> By what evidence? Apollo was an ancient god. His name is not of IE > origin; he was taken into the eventual Greek pantheon from a non-Greek > source, presumably one which existed in the Aegean area before the > pre-Greek IE speakers move there. What evidence do we have whether this > god was originally oracular or not? >
But a god called Payawon/Paeon can be found in Linear B inscriptions I seem to remember reading. (spelling of name subject to correction). - andrew. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz Takitimu - my mountain Otepuni - my river