Re: Atlantis = The Sea People?

dhobraasch wrote:
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OLD MAN
Ah yes! in vain; but still I could not bear to leave him thus; and so I
added this to my journey that I sought his grave, and, falling
thereupon, wept o'er its desolation; then did I open the wine-skin, my
gift to thy guests, and poured a libation, and set myrtle-sprigs round
the tomb. And lo! upon the grave itself I saw a black ram had been
offered, and there was blood, not long poured forth, and severed locks
of auburn hair. Much I wondered, my daughter, who had dared approach
the tomb; certainly 'twas no Argive. Nay, thy brother may perchance
have come by stealth, and going thither have done honour to his
father's wretched grave. Look at the hair, compare it with thy own, to
see if the colour of these cut locks is the same; for children in whose
veins runs the same father's blood have a close resemblance in many
features.

ELECTRA
Old sir, thy words are unworthy of a wise man, if thou thinkest my own
brave brother would have come to this land by stealth for fear of
Aegisthus. In the next place, how should our hair correspond? His is
the hair of a gallant youth trained up in manly sports, mine a woman's
curled and combed; nay, that is a hopeless clue. Besides, thou couldst
find many, whose hair is of the same colour, albeit not sprung from the
same blood. No, maybe 'twas some stranger cut off his hair in pity at
his tomb, or one that came to spy this land privily.


Euripides uses 'xanthes'. Which could be understood as
yellow, blond, reddish or auburn/chestnut-brown. Maybe the
word 'kastanon' (chestnut) is even in origin the same as
'ksanthos'(Myc. 'ka-sa-to')??
If so then an original meaning of 'reddish brown' could have
shifted towards yellow.

But anyway - if Elektra and Orestes really had blondish
hair, what would that then prove?


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