>
> << There seems to be no reasonable doubt about George's existence;
> only
> the dragon looks doubtful. >>
>
> Precisely, except that he was originally Cadmus, a legendary
> Phoenician
> prince in the Bronze Age. He became a farmer (George) when he
> planted the
> dragon's teeth and up from the soil sprang an army. He is also given
> credit
> for founding the Greek city of Thebes and bringing the alphabet to
> Europe,
> but that is a different story.
Indeed it is a different story, and a different person. A still
different story concerns Perseus, another local hero of Lydda, who
rescued Andromeda from the dragon. But of the historical George, ODCC
says:
"Very little is known of his life, or even of his martyrdom; but his
historical existence, though still sometimes disputed, is now generally
accepted."
Oriens.
>
> mark
>
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