Talk:Pirithous
Latest comment: 15 years ago by Omnipedian in topic Pirithus and Piraeus
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Pirithus and Piraeus
editPirithus (or preciously, Peirithus), king of Lapithes, has the same etymology with Pireaus (or preciously Peirae-eus), harbor of Attica. What's the connection between them?
Note: Theseus, king of Athens in Attica and Pirithus are friends (or else allies).
--IonnKorr 15:56, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
- Most likely they are related through a common Pre-Greek origin; something like *paryawy- which in Greek became Peirai-; see p.30 of Beekes' paper. --Omnipedian (talk) 08:32, 8 October 2008 (UTC)