{"id":1194,"date":"2021-05-21T19:37:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T19:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/?post_type=ignition-service&#038;p=1194"},"modified":"2024-03-29T07:42:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:42:58","slug":"i-pinakida-tou-dispiliou-kastorias","status":"publish","type":"ignition-service","link":"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/en\/ignition-service\/i-pinakida-tou-dispiliou-kastorias\/","title":{"rendered":"THE  INSCRIPTION  OF  DISPILIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE&nbsp; INSCRIPTION&nbsp; OF&nbsp; DISPILIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(video&nbsp; available)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The&nbsp; inscription&nbsp; of&nbsp; Dispilio,&nbsp; Kastoria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&nbsp; pray&nbsp; for&nbsp; my&nbsp; everyday&nbsp; life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>first&nbsp; written<\/strong>&nbsp; text&nbsp; in&nbsp; <strong>Europe<\/strong>. It&nbsp; was&nbsp; found&nbsp; in&nbsp;&nbsp; 1992, during&nbsp; excavations&nbsp; at&nbsp; the&nbsp; lakeside&nbsp; settlement&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Dispilio,&nbsp; Kastoria,&nbsp; Greece.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&nbsp; dates&nbsp; back&nbsp; to&nbsp; 5500&nbsp; B.C..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE&nbsp; IMAGE&nbsp; OF&nbsp; THE&nbsp; INSCRIPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"578\" class=\"wp-image-1195\" src=\"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hourmouziadis30.jpeg\" alt=\"Hourmouziadis30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hourmouziadis30.jpeg 728w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hourmouziadis30-300x238.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hourmouziadis30-560x445.jpeg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The&nbsp; text&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; prayer&nbsp; to&nbsp; a&nbsp; God&nbsp; of&nbsp; that&nbsp; time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; text&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; document&nbsp; of&nbsp; being&nbsp; in&nbsp;&nbsp; contact&nbsp;&nbsp; with&nbsp; God,&nbsp; through&nbsp; a&nbsp; prayer.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; Professor&nbsp; of&nbsp; Archaeology&nbsp; at&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; Aristotle&nbsp; University&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; Thessaloniki, Nikolaos&nbsp;&nbsp; Chourmouziadis,&nbsp; worked&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; identification&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; phonetic&nbsp; values&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; inscription.<\/p>\n<p>What&nbsp; follows&nbsp; is&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; table&nbsp; of&nbsp; ideograms&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; inscription.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These&nbsp; are&nbsp; the&nbsp; ideograms,&nbsp; classified&nbsp; by&nbsp; Professor&nbsp; Chourmouziadis.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1203\" height=\"201\" class=\"wp-image-1196\" src=\"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10094.jpeg\" alt=\"john10094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10094.jpeg 1203w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10094-300x50.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10094-1024x171.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10094-768x128.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10094-1200x201.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10094-560x94.jpeg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1203px) 100vw, 1203px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; table&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; correspondence&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; characters&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; ideograms with &nbsp;Linear&nbsp; A,&nbsp; as&nbsp; it&nbsp; was&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; classified&nbsp; by&nbsp; Professor&nbsp; Chourmouziadis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1226\" height=\"926\" class=\"wp-image-1197\" src=\"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10095.jpeg\" alt=\"john10095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10095.jpeg 1226w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10095-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10095-1024x773.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10095-768x580.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/john10095-560x423.jpeg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&nbsp; studied&nbsp; the&nbsp; phonetic&nbsp; values&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; actual&nbsp; text. We understood&nbsp; it,&nbsp; we&nbsp; read&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; rendered&nbsp;&nbsp; it&nbsp; into&nbsp; Modern&nbsp; Greek,&nbsp; but&nbsp; we&nbsp; also&nbsp; approached&nbsp; it&nbsp; philosophically.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Identification&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; phonetic&nbsp; values&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; text.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correspondence&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; ideograms&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; text&nbsp; according&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; table&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; phonetic&nbsp; values&nbsp; above&nbsp; by&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chourmouziadis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>E- ro- e- di- re- si- du- no- ma- k- e-ro- ra- pa- ko- to- ro do- su- ka- ta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Figuration&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; phonetic&nbsp; values&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; text.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp; our own&nbsp; view,&nbsp; the&nbsp; phonetic&nbsp; values&nbsp; are&nbsp; formed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; as&nbsp; follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>e-ro e-di-re si-du no ma-k, e-ro ra pa ko-to-ro do-su ka ta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rendition<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of<\/strong><strong>&nbsp; the<\/strong><strong>&nbsp; text<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0395\u03c1\u03ce, \u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03ad\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03af\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03bd\u03bf\u03ce \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03ac\u03bd, \u03b5\u03c1\u03ce, \u03c1\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1 \u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd \u03bd\u03b1 \u03b4\u03ce\u03c3\u03c9 \u03ba\u03ac\u03c4\u2019 \u03c4\u03ac\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; language&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; text&nbsp; is&nbsp; <strong>Greek<\/strong>,&nbsp; <strong>Archaic<\/strong>, typical&nbsp; of&nbsp; any&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Macedonian&nbsp; text<\/strong>. The&nbsp; grammatical&nbsp; structure&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; text&nbsp; is&nbsp; mixed.<\/p>\n<p>One&nbsp; can&nbsp; identify&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Pontic, Macedonian&nbsp; and&nbsp; Doric<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; words, as&nbsp; well as&nbsp; <strong>Classical&nbsp; Greek&nbsp; Language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; utterance&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; words&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; verbal&nbsp; types, follows&nbsp; the&nbsp; grammatical&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>rules<\/strong>&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Pontic&nbsp; and&nbsp; Doric&nbsp;&nbsp; Dialects, as&nbsp; well&nbsp; as&nbsp; those&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Classical&nbsp; Greek&nbsp;&nbsp; Language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The&nbsp; \u03a4ext&nbsp; in&nbsp; Modern&nbsp; Greek:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I&nbsp; wish &nbsp;cunning&nbsp; and&nbsp; devious&nbsp;&nbsp; people&nbsp; would&nbsp; be &nbsp;&nbsp;away&nbsp;&nbsp; from&nbsp; me, I&nbsp; wish&nbsp; of&nbsp; course&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp; give&nbsp; an&nbsp; offering&nbsp; to&nbsp; God,with&nbsp;&nbsp; no&nbsp; previous&nbsp; thought,&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp; order&nbsp; to&nbsp; reap&nbsp; the&nbsp; benefits&nbsp; of&nbsp; his&nbsp; protection.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(\u0395\u03c0\u03b9\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03ce, \u03c0\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03af\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ac\u03c1\u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b9\u03ce\u03b8\u03c9 \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03ac \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1, \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03ce \u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03c7\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c7\u03b5\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03cc \u03bd\u03b1 \u03b4\u03ce\u03c3\u03c9 \u03ba\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03ac\u03bc\u03b1 (\u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0398\u03b5\u03af\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03b1).).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pontic&nbsp; Reading&nbsp; and&nbsp; Rendition&nbsp; in&nbsp; Modern&nbsp; Greek&nbsp; by&nbsp; Chourmouziadis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ero:&nbsp; I&nbsp; want, I&nbsp; wish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Edire: Cunning, devious<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sidu: Cunning,&nbsp; devious, greedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No: I&nbsp; feel&nbsp; them<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mak:&nbsp; Away&nbsp; from&nbsp; me<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ero:&nbsp; I&nbsp; want, I&nbsp; wish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ra:&nbsp; Of&nbsp; course<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pa:&nbsp; and<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kotoro: With&nbsp;&nbsp; no&nbsp; previous&nbsp; thought<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dosu: To&nbsp; give<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ka: Something<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ta:&nbsp; An&nbsp; offering<em>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>to&nbsp; God&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; benefits&nbsp; of&nbsp; his&nbsp; protection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A&nbsp;&nbsp; Philosophical&nbsp; Approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp; 1932,&nbsp; when&nbsp; the&nbsp; Professor&nbsp; of&nbsp; Archaeology&nbsp; Antonis&nbsp; Keramopoulos&nbsp; discovered&nbsp; the&nbsp; lakeside&nbsp; settlement&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; Dispilio,&nbsp; Kastoria,&nbsp; could&nbsp; not&nbsp; imagine&nbsp; that,&nbsp; sixty&nbsp; years&nbsp; later, in&nbsp; 1992, another&nbsp; Professor&nbsp; of&nbsp; Archaeology, Nikolaos&nbsp;&nbsp; Chourmouziadis&nbsp; along&nbsp; with&nbsp;&nbsp; his&nbsp; colleagues,&nbsp; would&nbsp; bring&nbsp; to&nbsp; light&nbsp; the&nbsp; oldest&nbsp; written&nbsp; document&nbsp; in&nbsp; Europe,&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; same&nbsp; place.<\/p>\n<p>As&nbsp; Nikolaos&nbsp; Moutsopoulos, the&nbsp; Professor&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Polytechnic&nbsp; School&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Aristotle&nbsp; University&nbsp; of&nbsp; Thessaloniki&nbsp; participated&nbsp; in&nbsp; these&nbsp; excavations, he&nbsp; was&nbsp; the&nbsp; one&nbsp; who&nbsp; dragged&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp; board&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; mire&nbsp; and&nbsp; delivered&nbsp; to&nbsp; us&nbsp; this&nbsp; so&nbsp; important&nbsp; finding.<\/p>\n<p>According&nbsp; to&nbsp; its&nbsp; dating, it&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; oldest&nbsp; text&nbsp; in&nbsp; Europe. According&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; experts,&nbsp; it&nbsp; was&nbsp; inscribed&nbsp; in&nbsp; <strong>5500&nbsp; B.C<\/strong>..<\/p>\n<p>It&nbsp; is&nbsp; an&nbsp; old&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; prayer&nbsp; and&nbsp; it&nbsp; proves&nbsp; deep&nbsp; <strong>religious&nbsp; feelings&nbsp; and&nbsp; faith&nbsp; in&nbsp; God<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>People&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; time&nbsp; could&nbsp; construct&nbsp; ships,&nbsp; as&nbsp; a&nbsp; result,&nbsp; they&nbsp; have&nbsp; <strong>nautical&nbsp;&nbsp; knowledge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They&nbsp; inscribe&nbsp; letters, and&nbsp; this&nbsp; means&nbsp; that&nbsp; there&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; communication&nbsp; system&nbsp; <strong>through&nbsp; the&nbsp; writing&nbsp; discourse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They&nbsp; pray, so&nbsp; they&nbsp; accept&nbsp; superior&nbsp; powers&nbsp; to&nbsp; which&nbsp; they&nbsp; give&nbsp; offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Cunning&nbsp; people&nbsp; are&nbsp; not&nbsp; accepted, according&nbsp; to&nbsp; their&nbsp; moral&nbsp; values,&nbsp; and&nbsp; they&nbsp; do&nbsp; not&nbsp; want&nbsp; to&nbsp; have&nbsp; any relations&nbsp; with&nbsp; them. As&nbsp; a&nbsp; result, they&nbsp;&nbsp; are&nbsp; a&nbsp; society&nbsp; <strong>with&nbsp; behaviour&nbsp; rules&nbsp; and&nbsp; with &nbsp;values.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Their&nbsp; society&nbsp; is&nbsp; not&nbsp; fully&nbsp; moral, as&nbsp; long&nbsp; as<strong>&nbsp; greedy&nbsp; people&nbsp; live&nbsp; in&nbsp; it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Their&nbsp; home&nbsp; is&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; water, for&nbsp;&nbsp; reasons&nbsp; of&nbsp; safety&nbsp; and&nbsp; protection. Thus,&nbsp; they&nbsp; have&nbsp; <strong>building&nbsp; knowledge&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; especially&nbsp;&nbsp; they&nbsp; know&nbsp; how&nbsp; to&nbsp; use&nbsp; stakes in&nbsp; order&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp; construct&nbsp; a&nbsp; building<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They&nbsp; also&nbsp; practise&nbsp; the&nbsp; art&nbsp; of&nbsp; fishing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fish<\/strong>&nbsp; is&nbsp; part&nbsp; of&nbsp; their&nbsp; <strong>diet<\/strong> and&nbsp; they&nbsp; may&nbsp; have&nbsp; <strong>cooking&nbsp;&nbsp; knowledge<\/strong>, as&nbsp; well as knowledge&nbsp; about&nbsp; the&nbsp; nutritional&nbsp; value&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>protein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Their&nbsp; writing&nbsp; style&nbsp; is&nbsp; poetic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&nbsp; has&nbsp; got&nbsp; meter, intonation, lyricism,&nbsp; and&nbsp; it&nbsp; may&nbsp; be&nbsp; set&nbsp; to&nbsp; music.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The&nbsp; characters&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; letters<\/strong>&nbsp; inscribed&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; plate&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; <strong>forerunner<\/strong> and&nbsp; the&nbsp; beginning&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>Doric&nbsp; Macedonian&nbsp; Alphabet,&nbsp; <\/strong>the&nbsp; characters, the&nbsp; syntax&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; phonetics&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp; which&nbsp; we use&nbsp; nowadays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travelling&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; era&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; myth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This&nbsp; myth&nbsp; is&nbsp; partially&nbsp;&nbsp; turned&nbsp; to&nbsp; a&nbsp; historical&nbsp; fact,&nbsp; according&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; old&nbsp; saying:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The&nbsp; names&nbsp; lead&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201d\u03bf \u03bf\u03b4\u03b7\u03b3\u03cc\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b7 \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03c8\u03b7\u201d,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&nbsp; is&nbsp; time&nbsp; that&nbsp; we&nbsp; look&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>Pelasgian\u2019s&nbsp; roots<\/strong>,&nbsp; which&nbsp; are&nbsp; authentically&nbsp; <strong>greek.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How&nbsp; a&nbsp; Pelasgian&nbsp; is&nbsp; defined<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; <strong>sunburnt&nbsp; person<\/strong>&nbsp; who&nbsp; brings&nbsp; all&nbsp; his&nbsp; <strong>products<\/strong>&nbsp; at&nbsp; <strong>home<\/strong>. <strong><em>(\u039f \u03c0\u03b5\u03bb\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>(\u03b7\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2) \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u03ac\u03c2 <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>(\u03bf\u03af\u03ba\u03bf) <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u03ac\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u03c4\u03bf \u03b3\u03ad\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03b3\u03ae \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u03ce\u03bd, \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03ac \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03bd\u03ac \u03b7 \u03b3\u03b7).)<\/em><\/strong> It&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; person&nbsp; who&nbsp; is&nbsp; burnt&nbsp; by&nbsp; the&nbsp; sun,&nbsp; while&nbsp; working&nbsp; on&nbsp; his&nbsp; field,&nbsp; and&nbsp; he&nbsp; stores&nbsp; his&nbsp; crops&nbsp; at&nbsp; home. He&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; cultivator&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; land.<\/p>\n<p>During&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; flood&nbsp; era, the&nbsp; original&nbsp; Pelasgian&nbsp; becomes&nbsp; a&nbsp;&nbsp; Deucalion:&nbsp; He&nbsp; successfully&nbsp; manages&nbsp; the&nbsp; deluge&nbsp; and&nbsp; he&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; master&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; sea.<\/p>\n<p>He&nbsp; is&nbsp; obliged&nbsp; to&nbsp; live&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; water. There&nbsp; are&nbsp; two&nbsp; ways&nbsp; of&nbsp; dealing&nbsp; with&nbsp; water: Either&nbsp; one&nbsp; can&nbsp; avoid&nbsp; it,&nbsp; living&nbsp; on&nbsp; a&nbsp; mountainous&nbsp; place, or&nbsp; he\/she&nbsp; compromises&nbsp; on&nbsp;&nbsp; it.<\/p>\n<p>Apart&nbsp; from&nbsp; farming,&nbsp; a&nbsp; Pelasgian&nbsp; deals&nbsp; with&nbsp; stock-breeding,&nbsp; that&nbsp; is&nbsp; why&nbsp; he&nbsp; visits&nbsp; mountainous&nbsp; places. What&nbsp; he&nbsp; should&nbsp; do,&nbsp; is&nbsp; to&nbsp; protect&nbsp; himself&nbsp; and&nbsp; his&nbsp; stock&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; harsh&nbsp; weather&nbsp; conditions.&nbsp; That&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; reason&nbsp; why&nbsp; he&nbsp; finds&nbsp; shelter&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><em>graiks<\/em>&nbsp; (<em>\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba<\/em>)<\/strong>&nbsp; (big&nbsp; caves).<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; Pelasgian&nbsp; who&nbsp; lives&nbsp; in&nbsp; <strong><em>graiks<\/em>&nbsp; (<em>\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba<\/em>),&nbsp; <\/strong>is&nbsp; called<strong>&nbsp; Graikos&nbsp; (\u0393\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When&nbsp; the&nbsp; <em>graiks<\/em>&nbsp; are&nbsp; overcrowded,&nbsp; a&nbsp; town&nbsp; is&nbsp; formed,&nbsp; called<strong>&nbsp; <em>Graikia<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (<em>\u0393\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1<\/em>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moreover, the&nbsp; Latin word&nbsp; <em>Greccia<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp; means&nbsp; <em>the&nbsp; land&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; shepherds<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&nbsp; is&nbsp; noteworthy&nbsp; that&nbsp; <strong><em>graiks<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; on&nbsp; Crete&nbsp; are&nbsp; called<strong>&nbsp; <em>Mitato<\/em>&nbsp; (<em>\u039c\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf<\/em>). <\/strong>\u0399t&nbsp; is&nbsp; made of&nbsp; stone, it&nbsp; has&nbsp; a&nbsp; dome&nbsp; and&nbsp; it&nbsp; is&nbsp; appropriate&nbsp; as&nbsp;&nbsp; a&nbsp; mountain&nbsp; residence. It&nbsp; is&nbsp; interesting&nbsp; and&nbsp; it&nbsp; reminds&nbsp; us&nbsp; of&nbsp; an&nbsp; old&nbsp; myth,&nbsp; the&nbsp; one&nbsp; about<strong>&nbsp; Theseus&nbsp; and&nbsp; Ariadne <\/strong>and&nbsp; the&nbsp; Minotaur&nbsp; maybe&nbsp; lived&nbsp; in&nbsp; a <strong>&nbsp;<em>graik-Mitato.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Graikos<\/em>&nbsp; wanders,&nbsp; feeding&nbsp; his&nbsp; animals&nbsp; and&nbsp; living&nbsp; in&nbsp; fertile&nbsp; mountainous&nbsp; valleys,&nbsp; called&nbsp; <strong><em>lacheies&nbsp; (\u03bb\u03ac\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03b5\u03c2<\/em><\/strong><em>).<\/em> The&nbsp; <em>Graikos<\/em>&nbsp; who&nbsp; lived&nbsp; in <em>lacheies&nbsp; <\/em>is&nbsp; called&nbsp; <em>Vlach<\/em>&nbsp; (<em>\u0392\u03bb\u03ac\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2<\/em>)&nbsp; (<strong>\u03b2\u03b9\u03ce-live + \u0392\u03bb\u03ac\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2 +Vlach).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp; the&nbsp; Vlach&nbsp; Dialect,&nbsp; the Vlachs&nbsp; were&nbsp; defined&nbsp; as&nbsp; <em>Armoun&nbsp; (\u0391\u03c1\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd\u03bd<\/em>)&nbsp; <strong>(\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03af\u03b1-field+\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9-live). <em>I&nbsp; live&nbsp; and&nbsp; wander&nbsp; in&nbsp; fields<\/em>,&nbsp; <\/strong>a&nbsp; clearly&nbsp; greek&nbsp; expression.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; surface&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Greek&nbsp; land&nbsp; is&nbsp; flooded&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; water, even&nbsp; if&nbsp; this&nbsp; surface&nbsp; is&nbsp; rough.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; <em>Sel&nbsp; (\u03a3\u03b5\u03bb<\/em>)&nbsp; formed&nbsp; instantly ,&nbsp; create&nbsp; small&nbsp; rivers.&nbsp; These&nbsp; rivers&nbsp; may&nbsp; hopefully&nbsp; find&nbsp; an&nbsp; outlet&nbsp; towards&nbsp; the&nbsp; sea, but&nbsp; when&nbsp; <em>lacheies<\/em>&nbsp; (fertile&nbsp; valleys)&nbsp; are&nbsp; flooded&nbsp; with&nbsp; water,&nbsp; then&nbsp; a&nbsp; new&nbsp; mire&nbsp;&nbsp; is&nbsp; formed.<\/p>\n<p>When&nbsp; a&nbsp; lake&nbsp; exists&nbsp; <em>(\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9-exists)<\/em> on&nbsp; a&nbsp; mountain,&nbsp; it&nbsp;&nbsp; has&nbsp; the&nbsp; name&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><em>Orestias&nbsp; or&nbsp; Orestiada&nbsp; (\u039f\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c2 \u2013 \u039f\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1). <\/em><\/strong>It&nbsp; means&nbsp; the&nbsp; water&nbsp; concentrated&nbsp; on&nbsp; a&nbsp; mountain, after&nbsp; a&nbsp; flooding.<\/p>\n<p>This&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; name&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; lake of&nbsp; <strong>Kastoria<\/strong>,&nbsp; in&nbsp; <strong>Western&nbsp; Macedonia<\/strong>. This&nbsp; lake&nbsp; exists&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on&nbsp; a&nbsp; mountain.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; residents&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; area&nbsp; are&nbsp; called&nbsp; <strong><em>Orestai&nbsp; (\u039f\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/em>). <\/strong>Moreover,&nbsp; the&nbsp; name<strong>&nbsp; <em>Orestis&nbsp; (\u039f\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) <\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>has&nbsp; the&nbsp; meaning&nbsp; of a&nbsp; person&nbsp; living&nbsp; on&nbsp; a&nbsp; mountainous&nbsp; area<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around&nbsp; the&nbsp; shallow&nbsp; lake&nbsp; there&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; mire,&nbsp; and&nbsp; a&nbsp; small&nbsp; surface&nbsp; of&nbsp; land&nbsp; around,&nbsp; while&nbsp; for&nbsp; reasons&nbsp; of&nbsp; protection&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; harsh&nbsp; weather&nbsp; conditions&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; wild&nbsp; animals, the&nbsp; Pelasgians&nbsp; change&nbsp; their&nbsp; way&nbsp; of&nbsp; living<strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They&nbsp; take wooden&nbsp; stakes&nbsp; from&nbsp; the surrounding&nbsp;&nbsp; forests,&nbsp; in&nbsp; order&nbsp; &nbsp;to&nbsp; build&nbsp; towns on&nbsp; the&nbsp; mire.<\/p>\n<p>As&nbsp; I&nbsp; have&nbsp; mentioned&nbsp; above, the&nbsp; <strong>Pelasgian<\/strong>&nbsp; has&nbsp; become&nbsp; a&nbsp; <strong>Deucalion<\/strong>,&nbsp; who&nbsp; could manage&nbsp; water&nbsp; for&nbsp; reasons&nbsp; of&nbsp; survival.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; person&nbsp; who&nbsp; lives&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; middle&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>Sel&nbsp; (\u03a3\u03b5\u03bb)<\/strong>&nbsp; (streams-rivers)&nbsp; and&nbsp; <strong>mire&nbsp; (\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2)&nbsp;&nbsp; is&nbsp; called&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SELLOS&nbsp;&nbsp; (\u03a3\u0395\u039b\u039b\u039f\u03a3).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; group&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; indigenous&nbsp;&nbsp; Pelasgians,&nbsp; who&nbsp; live&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp; source&nbsp; food&nbsp; from&nbsp; water.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays,&nbsp; there&nbsp; are&nbsp; <strong>Sellos<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; states&nbsp; in&nbsp; different&nbsp; places&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; world. The&nbsp; documentaries&nbsp; about&nbsp; the&nbsp; peoples&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; East&nbsp; have&nbsp; made&nbsp; us&nbsp; aware&nbsp; about&nbsp; it.<\/p>\n<p>Such&nbsp; a&nbsp; settlement&nbsp; exists&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; Prehistoric&nbsp; area&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp; Orestida-Orestiada&nbsp; lake&nbsp; in&nbsp; Kastoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u03a4he&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>cedar&nbsp;&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; wood&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; water. <\/strong>\u0399ts&nbsp;&nbsp; resin&nbsp;&nbsp; does&nbsp; not&nbsp; allow&nbsp; its&nbsp; decay. That&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; reason&nbsp; why&nbsp; our&nbsp; ancestors&nbsp; used&nbsp; to&nbsp; make&nbsp; ships&nbsp; out&nbsp; of&nbsp; resin&nbsp; mainly.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s&nbsp; flash&nbsp; back&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; myth&nbsp; again.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; floodings&nbsp; are&nbsp; steadily&nbsp; reduced,&nbsp; until&nbsp; they&nbsp; finally&nbsp; die&nbsp; out. Water&nbsp; rarely&nbsp; falls&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; sky,&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>Sel&nbsp; (\u03a3\u03b5\u03bb)<\/strong>&nbsp; (streams-rivers)&nbsp; gradually&nbsp;&nbsp; dry, the&nbsp; rivers&nbsp; become&nbsp; more&nbsp; tranquil&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; water&nbsp; withdraws.<\/p>\n<p><em>Laas-las-lithos \/Stone,&nbsp; mountain (\u03bb\u03b1\u03b1\u03c2-\u03bb\u03b1\u03c2-\u03bb\u03af\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2)<\/em>&nbsp; comes&nbsp; into&nbsp; surface&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; middle&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>Sel&nbsp; (\u03a3\u03b5\u03bb)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; land&nbsp; <em>(\u039b\u03b1\u03c2\/Las)<\/em>&nbsp; coming&nbsp; into&nbsp; surface&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; middle&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>Sel&nbsp; (\u03a3\u03b5\u03bb)<\/strong>&nbsp; is&nbsp; called&nbsp; <strong><em>Sellas&nbsp; (\u03a3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03c2), <\/em><\/strong>and&nbsp; its&nbsp; residents&nbsp; are&nbsp; called<strong><em>&nbsp; Sellanes.&nbsp; (\u03a3\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When<strong><em>&nbsp; <\/em>\u03a3 <em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>is&nbsp; removed,&nbsp; then<strong><em>&nbsp; <\/em><\/strong>the&nbsp; land&nbsp; made&nbsp; of&nbsp; stone, existing&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; middle&nbsp; of&nbsp; <strong>Sel&nbsp; (\u03a3\u03b5\u03bb)<\/strong>&nbsp; (streams-rivers)&nbsp; and&nbsp; <strong>mire&nbsp; (\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2) ,&nbsp; is&nbsp; called&nbsp; <em>Hellas&nbsp; (\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03c2)<\/em>&nbsp; and&nbsp; its&nbsp; residents&nbsp; <em>Hellenes &nbsp;(<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9-\u0388\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2-\u0388\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2<\/em><\/strong><strong>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&nbsp; is&nbsp; not&nbsp; necessary&nbsp; to&nbsp; look&nbsp; for&nbsp; greek&nbsp; tribes&nbsp; who&nbsp; settled&nbsp; in&nbsp; our&nbsp; country. The&nbsp; myth&nbsp; will&nbsp; demonstrate&nbsp; our&nbsp; history,&nbsp; which&nbsp; dates&nbsp; back&nbsp; deeply&nbsp; in&nbsp; time.<\/p>\n<p>The Upper&nbsp; Macedonia&nbsp; (<em>Ano&nbsp; Macedonia\/\u0386\u03bd\u03c9&nbsp; \u039c\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03b1)&nbsp; <\/em>of&nbsp; the&nbsp; past,&nbsp; nowadays&nbsp; called&nbsp; <strong>Western&nbsp; Macedonia, owns&nbsp; a&nbsp; part&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; History&nbsp; of&nbsp; Europe,&nbsp; thanks&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; inscription&nbsp; of&nbsp; Dispilio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I&nbsp; was&nbsp; granted&nbsp; by&nbsp; God<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The&nbsp; right&nbsp; to&nbsp; touch&nbsp; the&nbsp; inscription&nbsp; of&nbsp; Dispilio,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I&nbsp; am&nbsp; happy&nbsp; to&nbsp; make&nbsp; Europeans&nbsp; aware&nbsp; of&nbsp; it, <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And&nbsp; to&nbsp; offer&nbsp; them&nbsp; the&nbsp; interpretation&nbsp; of&nbsp; its&nbsp; text<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>First&nbsp; as&nbsp; a&nbsp; Macedonian&nbsp; and&nbsp; then&nbsp; as&nbsp; a&nbsp; Greek.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>(\u0395\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u03b1 \u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03af\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03af\u03ba\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c0\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03af\u03b4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u0394\u03b9\u03c3\u03c0\u03b7\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03cd \u03bd\u2019 \u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03af\u03be\u03c9<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b3\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03c5\u03c7\u03ae\u03c2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u03c9\u03c2 \u039c\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b4\u03cc\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03ce\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c9\u03c2 \u0388\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03c1\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u0395\u03c5\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03c9).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The&nbsp; keys&nbsp; that&nbsp; unlocked&nbsp; the&nbsp; text<\/strong> are&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; <strong>Doric&nbsp;&nbsp; Macedonian<\/strong>&nbsp; <strong>Dialect<\/strong>, as&nbsp; well&nbsp;&nbsp; as&nbsp; the&nbsp; Discourse&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; East,&nbsp; which&nbsp; nowadays&nbsp; is&nbsp; called&nbsp; <strong>Pontic&nbsp; Dialect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The  inscription  of  Dispilio,  Kastoria.<br \/>\nI  pray  for  my  everyday  life.<br \/>\nThis  is  the  first  written  text  in  Europe. It  was  found  in   1992, during  excavations  at  the  lakeside  settlement  of   Dispilio,  Kastoria,  Greece.<br \/>\nIt  dates  back  to  5500  B.C..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1198,"template":"","ignition_service_category":[48,46],"class_list":["post-1194","ignition-service","type-ignition-service","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ignition_service_category-prosefches","ignition_service_category-protografes-tou-logou-ton-ellinon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ignition-service\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ignition-service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ignition-service"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ignition_service_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarpidon-academy.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ignition_service_category?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}