THE SEER MOPSOS (MUKSAS) AS A HISTORICAL FIGURE

1. Many Anatolian influences on Greek have been brought to light, especially during the last two decades.¹ The direction of the borrowing, however, has to be checked in every single case. A further example of this need is the case of the Greek seer Mopsos.² It has long been supposed that there is a...

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Hauptverfasser:	Rutherford, Ian, Collins, Billie Jean, Bachvarova, Mary R
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Zusammenfassung:	1. Many Anatolian influences on Greek have been brought to light, especially during the last two decades.¹ The direction of the borrowing, however, has to be checked in every single case. A further example of this need is the case of the Greek seer Mopsos.² It has long been supposed that there is a connection between Mopsos, who, according to tradition, founded cities and oracles in the plain of Cilicia, and Muksas, the Luwian founder of a dynasty, attested in the very same area. A detailed review of the problem from a recent perspective can be found in Vanschoonwinkel (1990). Hence,