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5 - Aeolian Patronymics and the Mycenaean Hekwetai

from Part I - Aeolian and Aeolic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2024

Roger D. Woodard
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University at Buffalo, State University of New York
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Examination of Luvian patronymic adjectives and their diffusion into the Mycenaean dialect of Anatolia – that is, Ur-Aeolic – and their distinctive use in post-Mycenaean Aeolic. Also, discussion of hekwetai ‘warrior allies’ that appear in the Linear B documents, whose names are commonly identified by the use of the Aeolic patronymic formation of Luvian origin, and discussion of other sacralized warrior relationships with Anatolian ties.

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Aeolic and Aeolians
Origins of an Ancient Greek Language and its Community of Speakers
, pp. 88 - 141
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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