Re: [tied] Re: King Arthur: the the new movie

From: Joao
Message: 34282
Date: 2004-09-24

Yes, Arthur is called in movies Artorius Castus. Interesting. Irish Legends usually mention Scythian warriors. And I think there is folk-etymologies linking Scythes and Scots.
 
What Celtic name would be latinized as Artorius?
 
Joao SL
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From: Daniel J. Milton
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:43 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: King Arthur: the the new movie

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" <josimo70@......> wrote:
> Tuesday I saw the movie "King Arthur". In the introduction, it's
told that the movie was based on archeological findings. Is it true?
> In the movie, Round Table's knights were Sarmatian horse-riders
working for Rome. Arthur (Artorius) was a captain of Britton mother
and Roman father.
>
>
> Joao SL
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    "Is it true?" is a big question to ask about an at least
semimythical character.
     One Lucius Artorius Castus (I believe a Roman himself) led a
Sarmatian cohort in Britain and has been suggested as the original
Arthur.
     Bernard S. Bacharach "A History of the Alans in the West"
(1973) promotes the idea that Alan horseman were the predecessors of
Medieval knights.  He has five or six pages comparing the Arthur
legend with various steppe (not necessarily Alan) ideas. 
Interesting, but I don't find it conclusive.
     At least someone in Hollywood has done his homework.
Dan Milton