From: Michael J Smith
Message: 19635
Date: 2003-03-08
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Michael J Smith <lookwhoscross-Torsten, I don't have any evidence that they were made up, I said "For
> eyednow@...> wrote:
> > Also, who knows if their ever were ANY Trojans migrating
>
> to or
> > settling in Italy and intermarrying with Italic peoples. For all
> we
> > know, Virgil could have just taken the Trojan tale from the Greeks
>
> to
> > make a good story for the Romans. I think the Norse, or Snorri
> Sturluson
> > or whoever his source was, as well as Geoffrey Monmouth or his
> source,
> > also took this Greek tale and fitted in with their own legends to
> make a
> > good story. I think we can see this common borrowing from the
> Iliad and
> > Oddysey, and it's interesting when you compare some of the
> similarities
> > between the Aeneid and Intro to the Deluding of Gykfi and certain
> > parallels.
> > Adeus,
> > Michael
> >
> What's your hard evidence that these stories were made up?
>
> Torsten
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