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in reply to a message by Eugene Shubert
The Ancient Greek name "LAODIKE" (Laodice) derives from the noun "LAODIKOS" and actually means "tried by the people" (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2361910), from "LAOS" (people) + "DIKE", (here it has the meaning of "trial") (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2326944).
First attested use of the name is in Homer's Iliad, bearers of the name were the daughter of AGAMEMNON and the daughter of PRIAMOS (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0073%3Aentry%3D%235717), a Nymph, and a hyperborean priestess of Apollon. So the name was in use since at least 1200 BCE, which makes the noun a lot older, and the name 900 years older than its usage from the ladies of the house of the Seleucidae.
The creation of the noun and the name is obviously obscure… INMH, we have to dig into the first elements of democracy in early Greek communities.
PS: LGPN (http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/) covers 38 women with the name "LAODIKE" in ancient times.
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "Alexander", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."
First attested use of the name is in Homer's Iliad, bearers of the name were the daughter of AGAMEMNON and the daughter of PRIAMOS (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0073%3Aentry%3D%235717), a Nymph, and a hyperborean priestess of Apollon. So the name was in use since at least 1200 BCE, which makes the noun a lot older, and the name 900 years older than its usage from the ladies of the house of the Seleucidae.
The creation of the noun and the name is obviously obscure… INMH, we have to dig into the first elements of democracy in early Greek communities.
PS: LGPN (http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/) covers 38 women with the name "LAODIKE" in ancient times.
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "Alexander", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."
This message was edited 3/11/2006, 11:53 AM
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