Guest Scanderbeg Posted June 4, 2005 Report Share Posted June 4, 2005 Do you believe there is any thruth behind the Rumulus and Remus story or is it just a work of fiction by a lost homeric character or something else. What are your views on the myth of the two brother's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted June 4, 2005 Report Share Posted June 4, 2005 I think some of it might be truth...and quite a bit of it is highly unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted June 4, 2005 Report Share Posted June 4, 2005 Legends regarding divine twins are prevalent throughout Eurasia, and most likely had a common origin in the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) homeland. The word for twin in the reconstructed proto-Indo-European language was *yem- or *yemos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scanderbeg Posted June 4, 2005 Report Share Posted June 4, 2005 Another fabulous post Ursus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilcar Barca Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 I'm not to well read on the founding of Rome, need to look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilcar Barca Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 *double post* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Yeah I think it was true but most likely the two were Indo-European Shepards who came from the North and married into the Aneian blood line....if Aneas accually existed. Zeke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacertus Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 I think it is a beautiful legend. Even Plutarch spoke about Romul as about the hero of a legend, but tried to make his more real. Actually the similar history is at many nations. (At Russian, for example, one of the versions of Kiev's foundation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeius magnus Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 I think there was a person named romulus, but he was most likely an migrant to the area, also this depends on your feelings towards Aeneas, which is most likely mythical. And divine twins are a recurring theme in Greek mythology as well. For example, Amphion and Zethus in one of the Theban founding stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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