
Formulas from the Phaistos Disc to the Homeric Hymns
Hermes the son of Zeus and Maia the Pleiad: Formulas from the Phaistos Disc to the Homeric Hymns
A23 YOKE–DOVE–CORNER =
ἁρμή ‘junction’ – πελειάς ‘dove’ – γωνία ‘corner’ =
Ἑρμῆς ‘Hermes’ – Πελειάδος ‘of one Pleiad (Maia)’ – γόνος ‘child’ =
Ἑρμῆς Πελειάδος γόνος ‘Hermes, the son of one Pleiad (Maia)’
B14 JAW–YOKE–CORNER =
*ζέν- ‘jaw’ (Greek γένυς ‘jaw’ but Phryg. αζεν- ‘beard’ = Cret. hier., Lin. A, B ze ‘jaw’) – ἁρμή ‘junction’ – γωνία ‘corner’ =
Ζήν, gen. Ζηνός ‘Zeus’ – Ἑρμῆς ‘Hermes’ – γόνος ‘child’ =
Ζηνός Ἑρμῆς γόνος ‘Zeus’ Hermes son’.
Cf. Ἑρμῆν ὕμνει, Μοῦσα, Διὸς καὶ Μαιάδος υἱόν (Hom. Hymn 4 to Hermes 1), καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε, Διὸς καὶ Μαιάδος υἱέ (Hom. Hymn 17 to Hermes, 11).
Credit Iurii Mosenkis
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