Heinrich Schliemann was criticized for using Homer’s “Illiad” as a reliable text. But Schliemann found Troy when no one else could.
In the field of history, ancient sources are your primary sources. People who refer to those documents should be praised. People who criticize such research as just political activists with an axe to grind.
Well said.
Yep.
One story I have been digging into is Theseus and the Minotaur.
Pure myth you would be told.
Except.... there was a very powerful empire on Crete, they were into human sacrifice, there is a labyrinth and in it there are the defleshed bones of children.
For a myth there sure is some solid evidence.