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<p>[QUOTE="acanthite, post: 459164, member: 6647"]By way of explaining the strange spelling, all I can suggest is that it is an authentic error. The letters E and Y form a dipthong in Greek (sounding like 'eu'), and it could be an honest mistake of the designer to put it twice, or he thought it should be spelled that way. I'm assuming the word in question is the same as the Greek 'euergeteo' (to do good or bestow benefits).</p><p> </p><p>Recall that in Parthia, Greek writing gradually became quite corrupted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="acanthite, post: 459164, member: 6647"]By way of explaining the strange spelling, all I can suggest is that it is an authentic error. The letters E and Y form a dipthong in Greek (sounding like 'eu'), and it could be an honest mistake of the designer to put it twice, or he thought it should be spelled that way. I'm assuming the word in question is the same as the Greek 'euergeteo' (to do good or bestow benefits). Recall that in Parthia, Greek writing gradually became quite corrupted.[/QUOTE]
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