like i said in my first post, it may be a reference to the autochthonous nature of the founders of sparta.
Sparta and the Spartans - The History
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No problem, you also started your first post by saying "concerning the etymology of sparta", in the end Tomovsk, we are left with no Greek etymology for the word, just like several other placenames in Greece that don't have a meaning in Greek. This indicates that it was a pre-Greek word, and may therefore bear some relation to the Thracian name 'Spartacus', as the Thracian presence in the Balkans pre-dates that of the Greeks.In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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according to the myths the achaeans were the people who inhabited that area prior to the return of the heraclids, but i have no doubt that before the achaeans the area was populated by non-hellenes. the ancient hellenes ( the real greeks ) themselves had no problem admitting the non-greek character of many founders of famous greek cities.
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The 'return' of the Heraclids (who are supposed to be the Dorians) is a myth itself, as they were never there to begin with. This means that the 'Achaeans' that Homer wrote about were not of the same linguistic group as the 'Dorians', correct?In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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i've read that they are dialects of greek ( along with ionic and aeolian ), but they do have their differences, as achaean is possibly the older dialect.
concerning the heraclids : the dorians were only allied to the heraclids -- heracles and his descendants were only trying to claim a perceived birthright in the peloponnese
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Have you read the studies of Chadwick and Ventris, do their explanations of how they came to their conclusions appear sound and satisfactory to you? Can you elaborate on how they came to their conclusions?
The outcome, based on their conclusions, does that look like a proto-Greek language or a proto-Indo-European language?
By the way mate, you seem to have an interest in this topic, are you Greek?In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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