Re: Odin as a Trojan Prince

--- In cybalist@..., MrCaws@... wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@..., MrCaws@... wrote:
> > > --- In cybalist@..., cas111jd@... wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > Leaders may have names derived from their chief deities. Case in
> > point: Akhen-aton. Historians may confuse names of divinities

with

> > actual physical leaders. Case in point: Suetonius story of riots
> > under Nero led by a freed slave named Iesos.
> >
> > Torsten
>
> Well,Akhenaton made it a point to deify himself as part of his
> massive religious reform program. It did work for a while, but
> ultimately it stopped working after he died. As for your other
> example...I don't want to touch that with a ten foot pole.
>
> -Mr. Caws

Oops, please accept my abject apologies, here comes the actual quote
from Suetonius: The Twelve Emperors:
about Claudius (not Nero):
"...The Jews, who at the instigation of Chrestos time and again
rioted, he banned from Rome...". As far as I can see, Suetonius is
making an honest mistake here; he is mistaking the divine figure of a
religion for an actual leader.

Torsten