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Adam and Eve are Greek Names

You thought that Adam was a Hebrew name. It is not. Neither is Eve.

How can we say that, it's contrary to the last 2000 years of hoo haa!!!
But we can, because it's a fact.

We have the Linear B and the Greek to show it:

Adam

Linear B / Mycenaean

a-da-ma-o (𐀀 𐀅 𐀔 𐀃)

  • a: 𐀀 (U+10000)
  • da: 𐀅 (U+10005)
  • ma: 𐀔 (U+10014)
  • o: 𐀃 (U+10003)

a-da-me-we (𐀀 𐀅 𐀕 𐀸)

  • a: 𐀀 (U+10000)
  • da: 𐀅 (U+10005)
  • me: 𐀕 (U+10015)
  • we: 𐀸 (U+10038)

Greek

  • Adamao (Adamas)Ἀδαμάω (Ἀδάμας)
  • Adamewei(s) (Adameus)Ἀδαμεϝεῖ(ς) (Ἀδαμεύς)

Eve

Linear B / Mycenaean

e-wa (𐀁 𐀷)

  • e - 𐀁 (U+10001)
  • wa - 𐀷 (U+10037)

Greek

  • Eua → Εὔα

Greek Sources

TODO: fill this section in.

2 Enoch

2 Enoch says Αδάμ gets his name from the first letters of the names of the cardinal directions namely

A from East (Anatole)
D from West (Dysis)
A from North (Arktos)
M from South (Mesembria)

Greek Anthology

The Greek Anthology says the same thing, ADAM and the four directions:
Greek Anthology - E. CAPPS, T. E. PAGE, W. H. D. ROUSE - THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY

108.—Ἀδέσποτον εἰς τὸν Ἀδάμ

Οὐ σοφίης ἀπάνευθεν Ἀδὰμ τὸ πρὶν ἐκαλεῖτο,
τέσσαρα γράμματ ̓ ἔχων εἰς τέσσαρα κλίματα κόσμου
Ἂλφα γὰρ ἀντολίης ἔλαχεν· δύσεως δὲ τὸ Δέλτα,
Ἂλφα πάλιν δ᾽ ἄρκτοιο, μεσημβρίης δὲ τὸ λοιπόν.

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