Talk:Xerces/@comment-31763506-20170601091742

Free tip:

SierraLee can confirm or deny, but given the obviously Hellenic roots of all the names associated with Philon, a better bet is that Anak is from the Archaic/Mycenean Greek title for "High King" or "King" Anak/Anax/Wanax. (Basileus, the title adopted by later Greek and Byzantine rulers, seems to have meant something more like "chief" in Linear B.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax

(There are good philological reasons for thinking that the Biblical name Anak is related to the Greek title via the Helladic Philistines, or earlier Indo-European influences.)