From: tgpedersen@...
Message: 8524
Date: 2001-08-15
> Ever since Homer, myths and legends have persisted aboutfoundations
> of civilizations from Trojan War heroes. Some, like Mopsus inmay
> Anatolia, may be true. Others such as Trojans settling in norther
> Greece, which was populated by kindred Thracians in those times,
> also have some basis in reality. After all, the collapse of theevery
> Aegean civilization and depopulation of much of the region soon
> followed the Trojan War. The diaspora resulted in the Sea Peoples
> going all the way to Egypt.
>
> However, anything else is too fanciful. A few may have made it to
> Italy, though I suspect that the Romans' grafting Aeaneas to their
> foundation myth is already beyond believability.
>
> To give themselves credibility and airs of princely legitimacy,
> Anatolian city in the Hellenistic period adopted someone from theWhy is it that everybody but me receives revelations? Why is the
> Iliad as their founder. The Romans, IMO, did the same with Aeneas.
> They also flattered the Trinovantes of Britain as being descended
> from Trojans, based on a supposed name similarity.
>
> These theories and tales die hard because they are romantic
> fantasies.
>