Does King Priam of Troy Appear in Hittite Records?

Greek Reporter ^ | June 19, 2024 | Caleb Howells

[nickcarraway]

[chajin]

Hittite Records stopped producing with the end of bebop and the invention of 33rpm LPs, which the company didn’t have the equipment to produce.

[Red Badger]

I wonder if 3000 years from now, future historians will be debating the existence of King Elvis of Presley in the kingdom of Graceland?...................

[WVNan]

The Greek history is one I never studied, so thank you for this small piece. As a reader I appreciate all histories. I did pass the Greek language in collage, not that I kept any of it after I retired. From time to time I still use it for studying the New Testament.

[No name given]

Perhaps.

[Verginius Rufus]

I had an ancestor named Priam 8 generations back (who died in a shipwreck in 1748). As far as I know he had no Trojan ancestry and didn't speak a word of Luwian. I think he must have known two words in Greek, though: Kyrie, eleison.

[MIA_eccl1212]

the Lord our light??

[Verginius Rufus]

Kyrie is the vocative (direct address) of kyrios, "lord." Eleison is an aorist active imperative from the verb eleeo (the O is an omega), "to have pity on," "to show mercy on"--so the phrase is translated "Lord, have mercy." It's the only Greek that survived in the traditional Latin Mass (along with Christe, eleison, "Christ, have mercy").

[Fiji Hill]

"They are Hittite documents dating to the 13th century BCE BC..."

FIFY

[sphinx]

He’s still voting in Chicago so perhaps someone could track him down and ask him.

[17th Miss Regt]

There are an infinite number of Priam numbers

[Billthedrill]

A little respect, please, for the guy who gave us Priam Rib.

[nickcarraway]

You are telling me a Fibonacci.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

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[sopo]

have you already covered the camp of the Assyrians now up on Fox news?

[SunkenCiv]

It got posted, uh, let’s see...

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