Re: [tied] Re: Germanic Scythians? - Snorri - Trojan

I think Camoes is based upon certain folk-etymologies linking Portugueses
cities to Greek legends or Biblical characters, like Lisbon - Lisboa
(Olisipona) < Ulysses; or Setubal from Thubal, Noah's grandson. In fact,
Dionysos had a son named Lysos (it's also his epithet), so this Lysos was
Latinized to Lusus, thus linked to Lusitania. I've never read "Os Lusiadas",
so I cannot give more details.

Joao SL

----- Original Message -----
From: tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:23 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Germanic Scythians? - Snorri - Trojan


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, João Simões Lopes Filho
<jodan99@...> wrote:
> Snorri's "genealogies" shows a common trend in European epics: an
attempt of
> linking Germanic kingdoms to Trojan princes, following the pattern
built by
> Virgilius in Aeneid. Cf. Francus, descendant of Trojan Hector (in
> Franciad), founder of Franks; and Lusus, Dionysos's son, founder of
> Lusitania (cf. Camoes' Lusiad). Similarly, Snorri extend Danish
linneages to
> Norse gods, and further to Trojan kings.
>
> Joao SL
>
What were Camoes' sources (or precedents)?

Torsten






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