Salvete
I thought it would be great to post this topic here. Robert Graves was one of first I think, whos aid that Athena originated from Africa, although other more reliable scholars don't agree on this.
A book called Black Athena by Martin Bernal seem to take this a step further by claiming that Africa had a profound impact on Greece and its civilisation. One of the things in this controversy is that Egyptians and Phoenicians invaded Greece during the 2nd millenium B.C.
Did I miss this fact or what? When did this happen?
I know the whole Athena out of Africa is nothing more than speculative. Burkert seem to sugegst that she came to Greece through Asia Minor was originally a near eastern deity with the name Anat or Ishtar.
Appearently according to some, some Afro- Americans want to promote some agenda where Africans were the ones who created the Western civlisation and not Europeans. Than you have the people who hate those guys for promoting this type of agenda. It is no different from those biggots who hate it that gays use Greek and Roman mythology as a way to shuff some gay agenda down their throat.
http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/blackathenadebate.html
that is the url of a webpage where it is all about.
Any thoughts on this?
valete
Romulus