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

From: Joao
Message: 34284
Date: 2004-09-24

A fascinating theme. I'm reading this site whose link you suggest.
I think the reason of Arthurian legend became so popular among West European countries is that this legend provided a strong ideological base for European monarchies. The idea of a glorious Christian king chosen by God the lead his people to defeat alien invaders would be a good theme to be used by monarchs to "tame" their sudits.
I study Genealogy, and I've read many Portuguese church records from XVI and XVII centuries. At this time Arhurian characters were very popular in Portugal, we can find children baptizes as  Lanc,arote (Lancelot), Trista~o (Tristan), Genoveva/Genebra (Guinevere), Iseu (Isolde), Galas (Galahad), Viviana/Bibiana (Vivianne), Heitor (Hector - homonym of the Homeric character, but also present in Round Table legends).
 
Joao SL
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian M. Scott
To: Daniel J. Milton
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [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.

> "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.

But it's unlikely.  For a good discussion see Tom Green's
essay at
<http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/historicity/arthur.htm>.

Brian