All of these are extremely unlikely. More later, Deo et tempore volentibus...
Sent from my iPhone N.E. Barry Hofstetter Http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog On May 27, 2013, at 7:19 PM, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote: > We have mentioned here before that the name of the Greek goddess > אתנה Athena > is possibly of a Semitic origin, being but a slight variation on > Adena, corresponding > to the biblical names DAN and DINAH, from the root אדן ADN, as in > אדון העולם > ADON HA-OLAM, the master of the universe. > > This morning, a man I know, confided to me that he thinks the place > name Marathon > (from which we have the Boston Marathon) is also of Semitic origin, > to wit: מר-אתון MAR-ATHON, there having been in this location of > old possibly > a temple to this MAR (recall מרדכי MARDKEI = MAR-AD-XAY). > > I thought that marathon is kind of a kraut, but is there possibly > some truth in what this inventive philologue is saying? > > Isaac Fried, Boston University > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
