[gothic-l] Re: Names of Heruls-Goffart-J.Svennung-midnight sun-

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
>
> >He does not say a word about his source. There is no indication
that
> >he spoke to Heruls from Scandinavia. Firstly, given his low opinion
of
> >Heruls, he as a member of the Roman senatorial elite would likely
not
> >want to be seen mingling with barbarians like Heruls. Secondly,
since
> >he focused quite a lot on Heruls he might have mentioned them by
their
> > tribal name if he had spoken to them.
>
>
>
> Dirk,
> It is obvious you don't read when I quote from Procopius.
> On Dec 1st I quoted from Procopius in VI.XV.8-13 where it clearly
states
> that he has spoken with those people who come from that island.
> Further, this is in the context when he speaks about the Heruls.
> Tore



Tore,

with no word does Procopius say that the people 'who come to us from
that island' are Heruls.  This can by no means be interpreted into
this quote. In fact, Procopius would likely have called them by that
name if they were Heruls.

cheers,
Dirk











>
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> >
> >
> >Ok, that maybe your opinion. If you read Cameron carefully, you
will
> >find that she interprets this very differently. I go with her
> >interpretation.
> >
> >cheers,
> >Dirk
> >
> >


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