To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Apollo also didn’t have roots in ancient Greece, the Etruscans were from the east, and their Apulu (sp?) was picked up by the Greeks, then the Romans.
13 posted on
04/15/2023 11:32:17 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
He is in the Iliad. So I would say he does.
Saying he was actually Apaliunas from the Hittites would be on far firmer ground because he was supposedly the builder of the walls of Troy so his being a Hittite deity borrowed by the Greeks would make sense.
14 posted on
04/15/2023 2:08:43 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
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To: SunkenCiv
On the other hand if the Romans were descended from Trojan refugees (not sure I buy it but possible) Apollo would have been theirs originally then taken by the Greeks then brought back when the Romans reclaimed him which might be why his name was one of the few that did not change.
15 posted on
04/15/2023 2:12:45 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
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