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	The '''Maryannu''' were a caste of ]-mounted hereditary ] ] that existed in many of the societies of the ] during the ]. ''Maryannu'' is a Hurrianized ] word, formed by adding ] suffix ''-nni'' to Indo-Aryan root ''márya'', meaning "(young) man"<ref name="Dassow2014">von Dassow, Eva, (2014). "". In: Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Nicole Brisch and Jesper Eidem (eds.). ''Constituent, Confederate, and Conquered Space: The Emergence of the Mittani State'', p. 27</ref> or a "young warrior".<ref name="Drews">{{cite book \|last1=Drews \|first1=Robert\|author-link=Robert Drews \|title=The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East \|date=1994 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|location=Princeton, NJ \|isbn=978-0-691-02951-1 \|page=59 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcVIcaJxgdUC&q=new+light+on+the+maryannu+as+chariot-warriors&pg=PA59 \|accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref> Philologist ] suggested that the name '']'', a character in Homeric epic, is "identical" to ''maryannu''.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=West \|first=Martin L. \|title=The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth \|location=Oxford \|publisher=Clarendon Press \|date=1997 \|page=612 \|isbn=0-19-815042-3}}</ref> Thus, ''Mērionēs'' would be the ] version of the term, reflected in pre-] poetic verse as ''Mārionās''.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Teffeteller \|first=Annette \|chapter=Greek Athena and the Hittite Sungoddess of Arinna \|editor1=Susan Deacy \|editor2=Alexandra Villing \|title=Athena in the Classical World \|location=Leiden, The Netherlands \|publisher=Brill \|date=2001 \|page=355 \|doi=10.1163/9789004497290_022}}</ref>		The '''Maryannu''' were a caste of ]-mounted hereditary ] ] that existed in many of the societies of the ] during the ]. ''Maryannu'' is a Hurrianized ] word, formed by adding ] suffix ''-nni'' to Indo-Aryan root ''márya'', meaning "(young) man"<ref name="Dassow2014">von Dassow, Eva, (2014). "". In: Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Nicole Brisch and Jesper Eidem (eds.). ''Constituent, Confederate, and Conquered Space: The Emergence of the Mittani State'', p. 27</ref> or a "young warrior".<ref name="Drews">{{cite book \|last1=Drews \|first1=Robert\|author-link=Robert Drews \|title=The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East \|date=1994 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|location=Princeton, NJ \|isbn=978-0-691-02951-1 \|page=59 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcVIcaJxgdUC&q=new+light+on+the+maryannu+as+chariot-warriors&pg=PA59 \|accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref> Philologist ] suggested that the name '']'', a character in Homeric epic, is "identical" to ''maryannu''.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=West \|first=Martin L. \|title=The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth \|location=Oxford \|publisher=Clarendon Press \|date=1997 \|page=612 \|isbn=0-19-815042-3}}</ref> Thus, ''Mērionēs'' would be the ] version of the term, reflected in pre-] poetic verse as ''Mārionās''.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Teffeteller \|first=Annette \|chapter=Greek Athena and the Hittite Sungoddess of Arinna \|editor1=Susan Deacy \|editor2=Alexandra Villing \|title=Athena in the Classical World \|location=Leiden, The Netherlands \|publisher=Brill \|date=2001 \|page=355 \|doi=10.1163/9789004497290_022}}</ref>

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Caste of Near Eastern warrior nobility in the Bronze Age

The Maryannu were a caste of chariot-mounted hereditary warrior nobility that existed in many of the societies of the Ancient Near East during the Bronze Age. Maryannu is a Hurrianized Indo-Aryan word, formed by adding Hurrian suffix -nni to Indo-Aryan root márya, meaning "(young) man" or a "young warrior". Philologist Martin West suggested that the name Meriones, a character in Homeric epic, is "identical" to maryannu. Thus, Mērionēs would be the Homeric Greek version of the term, reflected in pre-Mycenaean poetic verse as Mārionās.

The term is attested in the Amarna letters written by Haapi. The majority of the Maryannu had Semitic and Hurrian names.

References

von Dassow, Eva, (2014). "Levantine Polities under Mittanian Hegemony". In: Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Nicole Brisch and Jesper Eidem (eds.). Constituent, Confederate, and Conquered Space: The Emergence of the Mittani State, p. 27
Drews, Robert (1994). The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-691-02951-1. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
West, Martin L. (1997). The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 612. ISBN 0-19-815042-3.
Teffeteller, Annette (2001). "Greek Athena and the Hittite Sungoddess of Arinna". In Susan Deacy; Alexandra Villing (eds.). Athena in the Classical World. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. p. 355. doi:10.1163/9789004497290_022.
Drews, p. 155
Watson, Janet; Khan, Geoffrey (2011). The Semitic Languages An International Handbook. De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110251586.

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	The '''Maryannu''' were a caste of ]-mounted hereditary ] ] that existed in many of the societies of the ] during the ]. ''Maryannu'' is a Hurrianized ] word, formed by adding ] suffix ''-nni'' to Indo-Aryan root ''márya'', meaning "(young) man"<ref name="Dassow2014">von Dassow, Eva, (2014). "". In: Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Nicole Brisch and Jesper Eidem (eds.). ''Constituent, Confederate, and Conquered Space: The Emergence of the Mittani State'', p. 27</ref> or a "young warrior".<ref name="Drews">{{cite book \|last1=Drews \|first1=Robert\|author-link=Robert Drews \|title=The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East \|date=1994 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|location=Princeton, NJ \|isbn=978-0-691-02951-1 \|page=59 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcVIcaJxgdUC&q=new+light+on+the+maryannu+as+chariot-warriors&pg=PA59 \|accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref> Philologist ] suggested that the name '']'', a character in Homeric epic, is "identical" to ''maryannu''.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=West \|first=Martin L. \|title=The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth \|location=Oxford \|publisher=Clarendon Press \|date=1997 \|page=612 \|isbn=0-19-815042-3}}</ref> Thus, ''Mērionēs'' would be the ] version of the term, reflected in pre-] poetic verse as ''Mārionās''.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Teffeteller \|first=Annette \|chapter=Greek Athena and the Hittite Sungoddess of Arinna \|editor1=Susan Deacy \|editor2=Alexandra Villing \|title=Athena in the Classical World \|location=Leiden, The Netherlands \|publisher=Brill \|date=2001 \|page=355 \|doi=10.1163/9789004497290_022}}</ref>		The '''Maryannu''' were a caste of ]-mounted hereditary ] ] that existed in many of the societies of the ] during the ]. ''Maryannu'' is a Hurrianized ] word, formed by adding ] suffix ''-nni'' to Indo-Aryan root ''márya'', meaning "(young) man"<ref name="Dassow2014">von Dassow, Eva, (2014). "". In: Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Nicole Brisch and Jesper Eidem (eds.). ''Constituent, Confederate, and Conquered Space: The Emergence of the Mittani State'', p. 27</ref> or a "young warrior".<ref name="Drews">{{cite book \|last1=Drews \|first1=Robert\|author-link=Robert Drews \|title=The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East \|date=1994 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|location=Princeton, NJ \|isbn=978-0-691-02951-1 \|page=59 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcVIcaJxgdUC&q=new+light+on+the+maryannu+as+chariot-warriors&pg=PA59 \|accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref> Philologist ] suggested that the name '']'', a character in Homeric epic, is "identical" to ''maryannu''.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=West \|first=Martin L. \|title=The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth \|location=Oxford \|publisher=Clarendon Press \|date=1997 \|page=612 \|isbn=0-19-815042-3}}</ref> Thus, ''Mērionēs'' would be the ] version of the term, reflected in pre-] poetic verse as ''Mārionās''.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Teffeteller \|first=Annette \|chapter=Greek Athena and the Hittite Sungoddess of Arinna \|editor1=Susan Deacy \|editor2=Alexandra Villing \|title=Athena in the Classical World \|location=Leiden, The Netherlands \|publisher=Brill \|date=2001 \|page=355 \|doi=10.1163/9789004497290_022}}</ref>

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