Origin of the word Athens

Origin of the word Athens

Following etymological lines, the word Latin comes from the words La Tene, a pre-Romanic city from which the Romans named their language. La Tene is a variation of the Greek word Athens, named after the mythological deity Athena.(1)

One of the symbols of Athena is the olive tree, an image associated with the Hebrews, specifically, the descendants of Abraham.(1)

Eventually, Athena and Diana began to merge in their mythologies. Diana is a female variation of the Hebrew name Dan.(2)

It is a known fact that members of the descendants of Jacob/Israel founded the city of Athens after their sojourn in Egypt. It was founded by members of the tribe of Dan.(3)

A little known fact is that the Jews had at one time ruled over the land of Egypt. They were known as the Hyksos, or "shepherd kings."(3)

About 200 years after their entry into Egypt, Ahmose I, pharaoh of upper Egypt, gained strength and cast out the Hyksos, or Hebrews, from Egypt.(4) Those with sufficient power and money escaped in ships travelling the Mediterranian Sea into what is now known as Greece, Spain, Portugal, and other areas, including eventually founding cities in Ireland and England.(3) It is my assertion that the Greek city of Athens was founded by members of the tribe of Dan, a son of Jacob.

Some of the Jews did not remain faithful to the God of Israel, following after Egyptian gods, including one called Aten. It is known that the Hebrews founded cults taken from Egypt in the countries to which they fled.(3)

Athena is called a virgin goddess in Greek mythology, thus making one of her symbols the sun.(5) A symbol for the sun in Egypt is the aten.(6) According to an article on Aten from www.wikipedia.org, Aten was considered both male and female. Typically it was applied to male deities, but could also be applied to female as well. Following the natural flow of language throughout time, the word Athens can be directly traced to the word aten, the name of an Egyptian sun deity. Thus the meaning of the name Athens would be, "belonging to Aten."

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens
(2) http://www.angelfire.com/journal/ofapoet/artemis.html
(3) The Lost Tribes Of Israel Study Maps; Daniel Walsh, 1995, volumes 1-3
(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmose_I
(5) http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess_symbols_athena.htm
(6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten