[gothic-l] Re: Names of Heruls

[Einar Birgisson]

--- In gothic-l at y..., dirk at s... wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "Einar Birgisson" <einarbirg at y...> wrote:
> > --- In gothic-l at y..., dirk at s... wrote:
> > > --- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> > > >  
> Hi Einar,
> 
> unfortunately it is never as simple as that. 
> 
> Procopius, as educated Greek had access to the writings of ancient 
> geographers. Every educated Greek knew about the the story of the 
> mid-night sun in Thule and Scandza and every educated Greek 
expected 
> this description to come up in a report about these areas. The same 
is 
> true for several tribal names. Procopius simply copied the 
> relevant passages from the sources at his disposal, showing off his 
> education and satisfying the expectations of this readers. 
> 
> I cited his report about Britain not because I think that he 
confused 
> it with Thule, as you seem to have mis-understood me; but because 
it 
> shows that he new very little about northern Europe in general and 
the 
> location of Thule and Britain in particular. This, is by the way 
the 
> accepted interpretation. 
> 
> cheers,
> Dirk

  Einar; Hæ Dirk.                                                     

These are all speculations. You can not have any idea about what 
educated Greeks were expecting. And you have no idea of the 
intentions of Procopius. Neither you nor anybody else.

And are you saying that there were these ancient geographers that 
were so unreliable? Must be if Procopius just copied from them?

And maybe you can support your claims with evidence.                  
Were did Procopius copy the descriptions of the customs of the 
Skriðfinnar from?

Bless,bless. Einar.


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