Danaer
Danai next is Achaeans and Argives in the epics of Homer a name for the Greeks . In the mind of the Greeks, the Danaer derive from Danaos , the ruler of Argos . The saying has become known:
" Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes - I fear the Danaer, even if they bring presents "
Just like the winged word Danaer Gift, this refers to the Trojan horse .
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Egyptian sources
It has been suggested that the Danuneans of the Egyptian inscriptions are to be equated with the Danaers. In the Aegean city name list of Amenhotep III. cities or regions of the southern Greek mainland Tanaja / Danaja are named: Mukana ( Mycenae ), Deqis ( Thebes - unsafe), Mişana ( Messenia ), Nuplija ( Nauplia or Tiryns ), Kutira ( Kythira ), Weleja ( Elis - unsafe). The place Amukla (Amyklai) , just a few kilometers south of Sparta , was removed from this list. The reason is unclear.
The simultaneous mention of the Danuna in the Levant contradicts a direct derivation of the mainland Greek Danaer in connection with the attacks of the sea peoples , which is why equations were discussed controversially.
Biblical sources
The discussion of the derivation of Danäer Jawan than the root Mr of inhabitants of Rhodes based on the table of nations the Genesis ( gene 10.4 EU ) and the chronicle ( 1 Chr 1.7 EU ) with the list of Dodanim , Tharsisa , Elisa and Chittim . Javan corresponds to the Achijawa in this interpretation .
Research history
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Egyptologist HR Hall equated the Danaer with the Danaos . According to his theory, the Danaers are a pre-, early or proto-Greek tribe (early Indo-European migration) who immigrated from Asia Minor to the Nile Delta, settled there, expelled by the Egyptians and an early immigration of the Indo-European tribes via Crete to Greece had been involved. This theory has not been supported in research for a long time.