DEAR SOPHIA,

THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDENTITY AS HELLENES, “Hellen, in Greek mythology, king of Phthia (at the northern end of the Gulf of Euboea), son of Deucalion (the Greek Noah) and Pyrrha and grandson of the Titan Prometheus; he was the eponymous ancestor of all true Greeks, called Hellenes in his honour.”

THIS IS WHERE ALL THE HELLENES (NOW CALLED GREEKS INCLUDING BYZANTINES) ORIGINATE FROM. THIS IS BEFORE TROY AND THESE PEOPLES POPULATED ALL OF THE AEGEAN, ASIA MINOR, SICILY, AND SOUTHERN ITALY.AFTER THE TROJAN WAR, THEN THOSE PEOPLE MIGRATED TO ALL OF ITALY AND SICILY AND GREECE AND LIBYA. THE TIMEFRAME WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS 2200 B.C. TO 800 B.C. A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT SICILY: THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES WHO MIGRATED OVER BUT ONLY MADE IT TO THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF SICILY ARE THE IBERIANS (SPANIARDS TODAY). THE REST OF SICILY WAS COLONIZED MULTIPLE TIMES FROM HELLENES IN VARIOUS WAVES OVER THE CENTURIES. THIS MEANS THAT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ARE LINKED GENETICALLY AND CULTURALLY GOING BACK 4,000 YEARS. IN FACT, THE WORD, MEDITERRANEAN MEANS PEOPLE WHO ARE DIVERSE AND YET SIMILAR BY CULTURE AND HISTORY. THAT’S ENOUGH HISTORY FOR NOW.

IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ THUCYDIDES HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR.

ONE MORE DAY OF THE SANDS RUNNING OUT.

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love,

dad