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Could you give me some examples of mythology containing elements of hisorical truth? When I think of mythology I think of Zeus, Pegasus, and those types but I am not that familiar with the elements of truth in those stories so hopefully you can help me out. Thanks


1,188 posted on 12/20/2005 3:12:23 PM PST by laxin4him (They will know by our love not our picket lines)
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To: laxin4him

The Iliad.


1,190 posted on 12/20/2005 3:13:32 PM PST by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: laxin4him

The mythology surrounding Atlantis. It is most likely that it is really an Isle in the Mediterranean Sea that was destroyed by volcanoes and sunk into the sea. Its also more than likely that it wasn't called Atlantis at the time, or that the name is from a native tongue. It is possible that it was on the Isle of Crete, although more possibilities go forth between the isles of Santorini to the submerged Isle of Spartel near the strait of Gibraltar. There are even possible locations in the Black Sea such as near Bosporus, Sinop, and Ancomah.

Thats a really popular piece of mythology. Similar to Troy.


1,201 posted on 12/20/2005 3:19:47 PM PST by benjibrowder (The government (at all levels) should not be involved in the education business.)
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To: laxin4him
Could you give me some examples of mythology containing elements of hisorical truth? When I think of mythology I think of Zeus, Pegasus, and those types but I am not that familiar with the elements of truth in those stories so hopefully you can help me out.

The Trojan War was a real war, and the ruins of Troy were found where Homer said they would be found (at a time when most historians believed there never had been any such city). Yet that does not validate Homer's stories about Zeus and Apollo and their role in the fall of Troy.

1,212 posted on 12/20/2005 3:27:21 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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