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SIR RICHARD F. BURTON:
PLUTARCH SAYS THAT ACHILLES WAS CALLED “FAST-FOOT”, “ASPETOS”, IN THE DIALECT OF EPIRUS: THAT WORD STILL EXISTS, AS “ÇPÊTE” IN THE DIALECT OF THE TOSKS, AND “SHPÊTE” IN THE SPEECH OF THE GEG
The modern Albanians, the Albanians, whose origin still remains a mystery...
Perhaps the most mysterious part of their language is the way in which it explains the most ancient Greek words (Fallmerayer: das Albane Elem. in Griechenland). Plutarch says that “swift-foot” was called Aεπτὲτε [ transl. note – Achilles ] in the dialect of Epirus: that word still exists, as “Çpête” in the dialect of the Tosks or southerners, and “Shpête” among the speech of the Gegs or northerners.
FB: Sayings for Albanians
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Title: Etruscan Bologna. A Study
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher: Smith, Elder & Company, 1876
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Before commenting, because I had to respond to another poor brainwashed false identity mixed ethnic religious greekhead within two minutes of sharing this on , consider or remember this before or commenting, , instead of you so called greeks projecting hatred and ignorance again and again on every post you comment on.. The modern post year 1821 so called "greeks" of mixed DNA and poor attempt of a mixed Arvanite and technic patriarch byzantine church language speaking artifical religious based identity mixed people have been "at it" since 1821. Forgetting the ottoman and the slavs brought you from Asia minor at 3 different periods of the mass populus exhanges ever recorded to the Ylliric peninsula.. and during the first exchanges the Sultan became the head orthodox patriarch while killing the original Arvanite Roman orthodox patriarch. It was the Arbn and the Arvan who resisted the ottomans and the slavs. They've been "at it " protecting their language, lands, culture and even Europe as the Italian academics say. Naturally so, they're the indigenous to their lands. Every so called "greek" revolutionist and rebels fighting for the so called "greek" independence were all Arvanite and Arberesh Epirot Albanians. All spoke Albanian amongst each other. Greece's
