Hermione Wrote:
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> Rich Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > "110a...In this way, then, the names of the
> > ancients, without their works, have been
> > preserved. And for evidence of what I say I
> point
> > to the statement of Solon, that the Egyptian
> > priests, in describing the war of that
> period,
> > mentioned most of those names--such as those
> of
> > Cecrops and Erechtheus and Erichthonius and
> > Erysichthon and most of the other names
> [110b]
> > which are recorded of the various heroes
> before
> > Theseus--and in like manner also the names of
> the
> > women." -- Critias
>
> But where's the reference in Egyptian sources,
> Rich?
>

Agreed, that's the vital point. Who's to say that wasn't just made up for versimilitude?


Doug Weller

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