How does a link to a "god" make one more legit? I thought only surgeons were scion of the gods. And how come all those pretty Greeks in that new movie are blond? Couldn't they find any pretty brunettes? Sorry, I'm getting punchy. Someone said there were plenty of ancestors to be proud of and included Charlemagne in the bunch, I'm more proud of Charlemagne's wife than of the man himself. After all, she was reported to have fought off a wild boar to save her man's life and she was probably pregnant at the time considering how many children she bore and how young she was when she died. And if that portrait is to be believed, she fought the boar and rode a horse all while naked! Anyway, she showed true bravery while Charlemagne ordered 2800 people put to death in one day for refusing to convert to Catholicism. Not brave, not admirable. Not proud of Charlemagne. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Banks <geb@gordonbanks.com> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:57:34 -0700 To: PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PDP] Ancestors of our ancestors > King Priam may have existed, but the links to European Royalty are > mythical. > > You will also find we are descended from the Norse gods, such as Odin. > > Kings liked to have genealogies that went back to gods, characters such > as Aeneas and Priam, and (later) Biblical characters. It made them more > legit. > > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 15:44, SnowBeri@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/29/2004 3:57:31 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > > gym4jim@bellsouth.net writes: > > And did King Priam of Troy (my 75th ggf) really exist? Was his son Helenus > > also > > called Paris as in the upcoming movie "Troy"? And Noah? When does real > > life end and myths and Bible stories take over. I am seriously curious. > > As we learn in this "hobby", verifying and double verifying sources is > > important. Any thoughts?>> > > > > > > Yes, King Priam and Troy really existed. Once they were thought of as part > > of Homer's stories until the site of the city was discovered. We have > > archaeological proof of the city, and also the "massive burning of the city" which > > gives direct correlation to the story of the Trojan horse. There are also sites > > where ships were sunken, giving more support of the fleet involved. Was > > EVERYTHING in Homer true? Of course not. Just like the Bible books. It's a > > story, to teach, to amuse. Are there shreds of truth in some of what is written. > > Yes. Does it make everything true? <G> Nope. Just like a lot of mistaken > > websites out there. > > > > PS--I don't know if the movie Troy is based on history or what Homer wrote. > > But I'm eager to see it. It certainly looks more historically accurate than > > the Troy movie on cable recently. Having soldiers dressed in Roman uniforms > > is just too much of a stretch. > > -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm