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Kvashilava, Gia, 2010. On Reading Pictorial Signs of the Phaistos Disk and Related Scripts (2). Rosette (in Georgian and English)

This study concerns the graphic character, symbolic meanings, typological parallels, commentaries and reading of the Phaistos Disk pictorial sign PHD38.

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”... Listened to <strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> Hélios <strong>and</strong> Antiope – Aeëtes, [he]<br />

to found <strong>the</strong> town <strong>of</strong> his name <strong>in</strong> Colchis”.<br />

Stephen <strong>of</strong> Byzantium writes <strong>in</strong> his Ethnica (Me<strong>in</strong>ekius<br />

1849, 36, 18-20; Kaukhchishvili 1936, III, 274; Urushadze<br />

1964, 230, 496 13 ; Lordkipanidze 1986, 30; 1989, 213):<br />

”Aeëtes is derived from [Aea], like Asia – Asiátes [= Asian],<br />

so Aea – Aeátes <strong>and</strong> Aeëtes [= Aean]”.<br />

Also Eustathius <strong>of</strong> Thessalonica (Eustathius 1825, 321,<br />

1614, 19-20; Kaukhchishvili 1970, VIII, 2; Urushadze 1964,<br />

183; Lordkipanidze 1986, 32) writes:<br />

”The old [writers] tell that <strong>the</strong> hero Aeëtes took his name<br />

from Aea”.<br />

”The k<strong>in</strong>g‟s name Aeëtes (Greek = + ) is a<br />

derived form. As generally known, <strong>the</strong> Greek suffix - - means<br />

‟to have orig<strong>in</strong> from‟. E.g., – a town, [Holstenius,<br />

Berkelius 1885, 353, 10-11] – a citizen,<br />

[a town <strong>of</strong><br />

victory] – [Holstenius, Berkelius 1885, 315, 11-<br />

13] – from Nicóplis, [Chaonia] – [Holstenius,<br />

Berkelius 1885, 459, 22-32; 460, 1-2] – Chaonian orig<strong>in</strong>. In <strong>the</strong><br />

same way <strong>the</strong> name Aeëtes means Aean (‟from Aea‟, ‟a citizen<br />

<strong>of</strong> Aea‟), it follows that <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country was Aea”<br />

(Kaukhchishvili 1964, 13; comp.: Lordkipanidze 1986, 32; Gordeziani<br />

1999, 101).<br />

Also, accord<strong>in</strong>g to H. M. Hoenigswald (Gamkrelidze, Ivanov<br />

II, 908 1 ; Tsymburskij 2005, 312, 312 3 ), <strong>the</strong> toponym<br />

324

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