# The Amathus bilingual's Eteocypriot is longer than its two-line Greek and only the names and patronymic align; the…

> The Amathus bilingual's Eteocypriot is longer than its two-line Greek and only the names and patronymic align; the Dreros Greek is worn and gives only…

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# The Amathus bilingual's Eteocypriot is longer than its two-line Greek and only the names and patronymic align; the…

The Amathus bilingual's Eteocypriot is longer than its two-line Greek and only the names and patronymic align; the Dreros Greek is worn and gives only ewade and turon securely.

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## What it means

Key question[What do the Dreros and Amathus bilinguals actually establish about the two languages?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ94QPQR8/what-do-the-dreros-and-amathus-bilinguals-actually-establish)

No answer ahead yet

**Open** was No evidence yet

Answer this evidence bears on[The bilinguals fix names, one ending and perhaps one verb, not a grammar](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/answers/ANS0DEEEBFYX9RH/the-bilinguals-fix-names-one-ending-and-perhaps-one-verb-not)

Supports1 for, none against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 3

[A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus: The Non-Greek Languages, and their Relations with Greek, c.1600–300 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKHJENGE8/a-linguistic-history-of-ancient-cyprus-the-non-greek)

Steele 2013

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[Eteocretan Language Pages (web edition of the inscriptions)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDQD1K51XM/eteocretan-language-pages-web-edition-of-the-inscriptions)

Brown 2003

SRC

[Inscriptions archaïques crétoises](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDPC7YK8AA/inscriptions-archaiques-cretoises)

Effenterre 1946

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Amathus bilingual's Eteocypriot is longer than its two-line Greek and only the names and patronymic align; the… [Evidence EVD0DEEEDYWYX5V]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEEDYWYX5V
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