tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833216251981651097.post3101684672664493475..comments2023-09-19T14:13:35.582+03:00Comments on Bosphorus Reflections: Barry Stocker's Weblog: Turks and Trojans. Troy, Aeneas, Rome, and EuropeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833216251981651097.post-71351569468893046482009-12-29T11:47:33.570+02:002009-12-29T11:47:33.570+02:00I was reading the Edda for the first time today an...I was reading the Edda for the first time today and I was fascinated by the way that, like the ancient Romans, the Vikings saw themselves as descending from the Trojans. <br /><br />I briefly wondered whether the fall of Troy might not have been a major cataclysm which we've not identified because of a Judeo-Christian paradigm that says that it was not a cataclysm, merely a legend. <br /><br />You know, it's as if Troy was the archetypal city or something, the mother of all cities, in some cases, the dwelling place of gods and supermen... and then someone, a human, was clever enough to play upon the gods' vanity and leave a wooden horse at the gates. The city walls were "rendered asunder" like the veil Paroketh was rendered asunder upon the crucifixion... or something.<br /><br />Just ideas one glimpses while reading.Vince Cabrerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254193893010426064noreply@blogger.com