Alexandros, Alaksandu or even Aleksandar???

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  • Dimko-piperkata
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 1876

    Alexandros, Alaksandu or even Aleksandar???

    http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2004/2004-02-13.html


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    Finally, it is interesting to take a look at the spelling of Alexander's name in the cuneiform texts. The correct rendering of Alexandros would have been A-lek-sa-an-dar-ru-su, but until now, no tablet has been discovered that uses this Greek name. Instead, after some first attempts to render the conqueror's name, the Babylonian scribes settled upon A-lek-sa-an-dar. Probably, this only shows that the scribes found it difficult to render a foreign name. On the other hand, it can not be excluded that Alexandar is the Macedonian name by which the conqueror of Asia was known to his courtiers. Cuneiform renderings of Seleucus (Si-lu-uk-ku) and other names may also offer clues for linguists studying the Macedonian language.

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    1) Macedonians belong to the "older" Mediterranean substratum...
    2) Macedonians are not related with geographically close Greeks, who do not belong to the "older" Mediterranenan substratum...
  • Stevce
    Member
    • Jan 2016
    • 200

    #2
    If you look at the ancient coins from Alexander 1 onwards, it was never Alexandros. Same as it was never Makedonos but Makedonia.

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    • Liberator of Makedonija
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2014
      • 1595

      #3
      Originally posted by Stevce View Post
      If you look at the ancient coins from Alexander 1 onwards, it was never Alexandros. Same as it was never Makedonos but Makedonia.
      I don't think Makedonos was ever used to describe the country.
      I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

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      • Stevce
        Member
        • Jan 2016
        • 200

        #4
        Yeah, I read it in some Greek book or forum. Can't remember which one.

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        • Liberator of Makedonija
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2014
          • 1595

          #5
          Originally posted by Stevce View Post
          Yeah, I read it in some Greek book or forum. Can't remember which one.
          Makedonos sounds more like what they would have referred to the people.
          I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

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