Exodus, Philistines, contra Bimson & Drews

George Athas gathas at mail.usyd.edu.au
Sun Feb 6 16:29:46 EST 2000


> The connection between the Danuna. the Kultepe Dnnm and the homeric Danaioi has already
been
> claimed, a long time ago, I don't rmember by whom. Sp has the connection between Samson
and
> Herakles.

Yes, I was in fact referring to this claim. My memory fails me on this one too, though. I
haven't, however, heard of a connection between Samson and Achilles. Both have the love of
a woman (Delilah in Samson's case, Briseis in Achilles' case) as a real thorn in the side,
and both meet tragic ends which happen to facilitate a great defeat of the enemy.

Just a thought.


Best regards,
George Athas
 Dept of Semitic Studies,
 University of Sydney
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