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rockessence

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   posted 07-02-2004 08:37 PM                       
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Dear Erick,
This has been a facinating thread!

I would like to add something to the stew.

In HOMER IN THE BALTIC, Dr. Felice Vinci's thesis, he suggests that the Mediterranean was peopled by migrations moving south down the riverways and by sea from the far north following the period that included the events of the Iliad and Odyssey when the temperatures were dropping and crops were failing for extended periods.

This was the time of the Achaeans, pre-dating the Mycenaeans which pre-dated the Greeks (Hellenes). They renamed the southern places with the names of places where they were from. Apparently as the Achaeans were overtaken by the Mycenaeans, and they by the Greeks and others, the memory of migration was lost even as the poetry and the gods held.

For instance Peloponesse means Pelope's island. In the Mediterranean it is most definately NOT an island. The original Peloponesse in the Baltic Sea is not only an island, but conforms exactly with Homer's description.

The description of the lush growth of forests, the water ways, streams, rivers, countless springs etc. matches perfectly with the statements you mention, and also match Homer's depiction. (As does the cold weather, "wine dark sea"s" etc. etc.)

I would be glad to put you in touch with him. He will send a copy in English to interested scholars. One of the most facinating reads I've ever had.


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