File puptcrit/puptcrit.1003, message 439


Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:22:41 -0400
From: Steve Abrams <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Subject: [Puptcrit] Aesop


For many years I have enjoyed the sponsorship of the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology

Since I was sort of flying their banner I wanted to get it right.

The director of education took me to the office that covers ancient Greece.
(to my great disappointment, he was not wearing a toga or other ancient
garment)

The standard story is that Aesop lived on the island of Samos

I asked two questions: How do you pronounce the name "Aesop"?
Was Aesop African? (which I had heard)

My scholarly advisor said that both questions were connected, his name tells
us his origin

To be closest to Greek pronunciation, the "a" is silent, use the long "e"
sound.
Here is the the interesting part
the "'s" should sound like a "th" like a lisp

"EE THOP"

The country just below Egypt is Ethiopia "EE THEE O PIA"

I was told that
Aesop is actually the Greek word for "the Ethiopian"
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