[gothic-l] The Illiad as Fiction

[Anþanarik]

Hails Anders!

Þu qast:
As far as my knowledge goes it is ONLY Homer that uses the name Danai as a
general term for greeks. And then the Illiad is
fictional..., so I don't believe the greeks ever called called
themselves Danai really.


ik qaþ:
I am not sure how fictional the Illiad was.
1. Homer may have been a fictional name for an indiginous oral tradition
that manifestied itself through time as what we now call the Illiad. In the
least, an historical figure Homer, reiterated an indigenous IE Greek
tradition.
2. A century ago, acedemia called the Illiad pure fiction, later archeaology
proved that much of it was based on historical fact.  See Schliermacher and
others.

Golja þuk,
Anþanareiks


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