08-17-2008, 08:44 PM
Quote:His agenda is rather obvious.He's pretty honest about that:
Quote:We aim to show that civilisation evolved naturally at the confluence of three continenents rather than miraculously in the isolated mountainous terrain of Greece.Impeccable, I'd say. And although I think he's wrong the way he states his case now, I think the idea deserves very serious consideration. The Archaic Age saw many cultural borrowings, and the Gilgamesh stories were told in Greece. If the alfabeth was accepted, if Hesiod used eastern models, if the Astarte cult can be found in Corinth, if the Flood myth was copied, if sculpture and vase painting had oriental influences - why not sport as well?
