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| ID |
5031 |
| Text |
Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum libri tres (967 - 973) Widukind of Corvey |
| Quotation |
Nam super hac re varia opinio est, aliis arbitrantibus de Danis Northmannisque originem duxisse Saxones, aliis autem aestimantibus, ut ipse adolescentulus audivi quendam predicantem, de Graecis, quia ipsi dicerent Saxones reliquias fuisse Macedonici exercitus, qui secutus Magnum Alexandrum inmatura morte ipsius per totum orbem sit dispersus. Caeterum gentem antiquam et nobilem fuisse non ambigitur; de quibus et in contione Agrippae ad Iudaeos in Iosepho oratio contexitur, et Lucani poetae sententia probatur. |
| Translation |
There is a great deal of disagreement about this matter. Some think that the Saxons had their origins among the Danes and Northmen. Others believe, as I heard someone saying when I was a youth, the Saxons descended from the Greeks. They say the Saxons were survivors of the Macedonian army that followed Alexander the Great, and was dispersed all over the world following his premature death. There is no doubt this is an old and noble people. This is proven by the fact that they are mentioned in a speech by Agrippa to the Jews in Josephus, and are commented on by the poet Lucan. (Trans. Bacharach, pp. 5-6) |
| Quotation source |
i.1 (p. 4) |
| Temporal Coverage |
-323 - 65 |
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