[lbo-talk] Greece, was Re: Bar-bar-bar Barian (Was Re: Cockeyed Optimism)

[Chris Doss]

Doesn't explain how the word became the name of a people and region. Well, OK, I do see some similarity between Graikos and Hellas, but why would the Romans pick up on the former and not the latter? Weird.

Who cares about Czechs? They're a reactionary people who will cease to exist in reunified Germany, to be replaced by progressive Germans.

--- On Thu, 1/22/09, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Etymology
> 
> From Latin Graecia < Ancient Greek Γραικός
> (Graekos), a character in
> Greek mythology, the son of Thessalos, the king of Fthia,
> whom Ἑλλάς
> (Hellas, "Greece") and Ἕλληνες (Hellenes,
> "the Greeks") were also
> named after.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Any guesses why it would be Řecko in Czech?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Andy
> 
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