Re: [Leica] Schliemann was certainly rich enough to own Leicas if they had existed then.

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

Jim-
 Subject: [Leica] Schliemann was certainly rich enough to own Leicas if they
had existed then.


>
> Dan:
>
> I am in NO WAY a scholar on this subject but here goes...

I ain't EVEN gonna touch that line! ( Actually- the more I read about this
period in history, the confuseder I get!) Everybody had their own name for
everybody else, and it is damn near impossible to keep everything, and
everyone straight with out a program- and I think they don't print a program
because they either want to confound the un-initiated, or no one has been
able to figure out how to write one!

> Dan Post wrote:


> >
> > I wonder- did Schliemann have a 'gut' feeling about Ilium?
>
> Do you mean its real location?

My gist / jest was that its real location is as a dorsal part of the pelvis,
and cradles the gut, so to speak!
:o)
>
> Or do you mean did Ilium actually exist in antiquity or was it really
> part of a myth?

The ilium better exist, or your ass will fall off!

> Maybe he had a gut feeling of becoming famous.

I thought he was an egomaniacal rich guy who wanted to get away from a
shrewish wife....

>
> I think that he had been convinced by his reading/understanding of the
> Iliad and also by his meeting Calvert that Hisarlik was the location of
> Troy. I would also think that he was also influenced by Sophia, who I
> once read, he had married because she had completely memorized both the
> Iliad and the Odyssey, (if this is the only reason he married her then
> he was also very driven or shallow or both). I would guess that he
> wanted her to be with him as a living reference.

Actually, if it has been written by Gore Vidal the Iliad would have been
hailed as a wonderful exploration into alternate lifestyles; if Norman
Mailer had written it, it would have been dismissed as a lot of male
'bonding', macho posturing, and chauvanistic braggadoccio!

> I found the book which I referred to below to be the best so far for my
> understanding of the subject and an enjoyable read as well.
>
> To my simple mind, a book on this type of subject is only good if it
> doesn't put me to sleep.

Agreed!


> Michael Wood also made a television series based on the book, you might
> find it on VHS in a library somewhere.

Jim- I do so love to tweak your nose!
> Jim
>

Dan ( The ever so pedantic pain in the ass! ) Post