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Re: CHAT: better than others (late reflection)

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Thursday, March 23, 2000, 19:31
> BP Jonsson wrote: > > As for Greek _barbaros_ I'm not so sure it implied cultural as > opposed to > > linguistic contempt: the Greeks could feel admiration for > Egyptians and > > Persians, yet they were by definition _barbaroi_. Yet the extent > of Greek > > self-righteousness in *linguistic* matters was probably abysmal:
. Talking about "classical" empires and how they viewed their rivals, does anyone happen to know what the Carthaginians called themselves? Or at least Carthage? I seem to remember hearing something along the lines of /qErEt HadaSa/, but i don't know if that's the Carthaginian name or some kind of Hebrew cognate-translation. And if it is something like QRT HhDShH, how did the Romans mess it up so much? -Stephen (Steg) "wou...aziizii-peiwang ga'paraskim elikuh-zad uhmzoi-iip sha'dzuwaurg-a purim..."