[B-Greek] Olympics -- Off topic

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Tue Aug 17 04:23:36 EDT 2004


In modern Greek Athens is hH AQHNA.
See for several instances
http://www.cityofathens.gr/portal/site/AthensPortal/menuitem.d4d98eab08c9c81
4802dd3102d4a76e3/?vgnextoid=66de92dae514ef00VgnVCM100000d2a4673eRCRD

Arie


Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be



----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Don Doherty" <ddoherty at powerup.com.au>
Aan: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: dinsdag 17 augustus 2004 2:14
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] Olympics -- Off topic


> I was intrigued to see that during the entrance of the athletes at the
> opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens, the large electronic
> billboard proclaimed the legend AQHNA 2004. I presume this was intended to
> convey "ATHENS 2004" (as emblazoned on all the Olympic sporting venues).
But
> why AQHNA? Isn't this but one way of spelling the goddess's name (the
> others, according to the Oxford Classical Dictionary, being AQANA,
> AQHNAIH(-A), and AQHNH)?
> I'd always thought that the modern Greeks consistently spelled the city's
> name as AQHNAI.
>
> Why am I confused?
>
> Don Doherty
> Alexandra Headland QLD
> Australia
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