Johane Derite
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References to "Illyrians, Dardanians, Taulanti" in Harvard Classics Catalogue
I made this index of all references to variations of "illyr-", "dardan-", "pelasg", "taulant" in the entire 537 volume catalog of Harvard's "LOEB Classics Library."
( This is their site: https://www.loebclassics.com/volumes)
I focused on Illyrians since they are quite hard to find info on, and the wikipedia articles on them can be lacking or edited by nationalists.
I included "Pelasg" since it kept showing up in the texts and I think it is still an unanswered question which is relevant to the population genetics of the balkans.
(I am not claiming anything about Pelasgians.)
I know most of the current theories and arguments that it was just a word for aboriginal that was used for different populations, but I still think that there should at least be some methodical analysis of which population its most likely to refer to in each text.
Since they are a balkan population that shows up many times in ancient texts, I think asking concrete questions like "which haplrogoup," "what type of admixture did
they have," are within the healthy frame of speculation and inquiry.
Also, conflicting accounts shouldn't deter such inquiry, since at all times its most likely that an author was referring to actual humans.
(Think Columbus calling Native Americans "indians.")
Here is the full image. It's quite large so best to open it in another tab: https://i.imgur.com/UFBzOnR.png
An index like this wouldn't have been possible without digitization and "ctrl F" so its possible that something that has been missed until now can resuface.
Feel free to PM me for more details about the entire catalog or if you want the actual spreadsheet file.
I made this index of all references to variations of "illyr-", "dardan-", "pelasg", "taulant" in the entire 537 volume catalog of Harvard's "LOEB Classics Library."
( This is their site: https://www.loebclassics.com/volumes)
I focused on Illyrians since they are quite hard to find info on, and the wikipedia articles on them can be lacking or edited by nationalists.
I included "Pelasg" since it kept showing up in the texts and I think it is still an unanswered question which is relevant to the population genetics of the balkans.
(I am not claiming anything about Pelasgians.)
I know most of the current theories and arguments that it was just a word for aboriginal that was used for different populations, but I still think that there should at least be some methodical analysis of which population its most likely to refer to in each text.
Since they are a balkan population that shows up many times in ancient texts, I think asking concrete questions like "which haplrogoup," "what type of admixture did
they have," are within the healthy frame of speculation and inquiry.
Also, conflicting accounts shouldn't deter such inquiry, since at all times its most likely that an author was referring to actual humans.
(Think Columbus calling Native Americans "indians.")
Here is the full image. It's quite large so best to open it in another tab: https://i.imgur.com/UFBzOnR.png
An index like this wouldn't have been possible without digitization and "ctrl F" so its possible that something that has been missed until now can resuface.
Feel free to PM me for more details about the entire catalog or if you want the actual spreadsheet file.