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It's a reference to the Trojan War from a Hittite source instead of a Greek one. That in itself makes this a breakthrough. > And surely he would have been vers
by xhevahir 2y ago
It's a reference to the Trojan War from a Hittite source instead of a Greek one. That in itself makes this a breakthrough.
> And surely he would have been versed in poetry that existed at the time about the event.
I wouldn't expect Luwian poets to have been well-versed in Greek poetry.
- yorwba 2y agoThe publication date makes it an April Fools prank.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoBut the article states it is not the first reference to this from such a source. Also, I'm not saying he'd know a separate language. But I'm saying the legend was probably told in many other forms (probably oral), and he would have heard it somewhere else, and it probably retained some linguistic features passing through peoples and places. I think I missed that the civilizations are very far apart in time perhaps, as it was meant to be a prank