Parian Chronicle textually connected to OL

both within OL texts as in relation to other traditions
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Parian Chronicle textually connected to OL

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Please read first Wikipedia's article on Parian Chronicle (link) and then come back to this. It's a c. 299 BC Greek carved stone chronicle that likely was used as an official type chronology. Since it was translated in early 1600s, it cannot be used as proof for OL's archaic age, unlike the Sumerian clay tablet texts and Finnish oral poems, but nonetheless connects to OL narrative.

The Parian Chronicle starts from character already familiar from OL (link):
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It continues to Minos, aka Minno - note in context that in OL narrative the Frisians are already using iron weapons in 2000 BC and this is their rare specialty feat and that Apol and Apollonia are Frisian name in the book (link):
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And finally, please compare the context here between the two texts (link):
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Re: Parian Chronicle textually connected to OL

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The text to compare in OL:
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Further on, are the sea-king and philosopher-king Minno's homesites Linda and Lindahem the origins for Athene Lindia (link) - whose cult is believed to be very ancient, predate the classic Greeks and was less bloody than the other cults. Minno of Linda and Lindahem gave laws to Cretans and Rhodos of Athene Lindia is to east of that island. The Finnish langauge wiki page on Athene Lindia adds: "The pre-Greek origins is attested also from the name Lindia, which is not of Greek root." (translated).
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