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Thread #135442   Message #3088968
Posted By: josepp
04-Feb-11 - 09:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: Philology
Subject: RE: BS: Philology
But how did Amber end up a girl's name the same as Elektra centuries earlier? Were people of that time aware of the Greek connection or was this something subconscious--people who were familiar with the properties of amber saw the same female aspect in this substance that the Greeks did?