| Some fathers of history took notice of the writings of Ditte <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gDMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA64&dq=Ancient+Greek+historian+Ditte+Crete&hl=en&ei=uMiiTd7vLImcvgO53MGFBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=2&ved=0CDUQuwUwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false A Classified Catalogue of the Malta Garrison Library] by by Malta Garrison Library (p64) | | Some fathers of history took notice of the writings of Ditte <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gDMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA64&dq=Ancient+Greek+historian+Ditte+Crete&hl=en&ei=uMiiTd7vLImcvgO53MGFBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=2&ved=0CDUQuwUwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false A Classified Catalogue of the Malta Garrison Library] by by Malta Garrison Library (p64) |
− | "Of these two Histories of the Trojan War, by Dictys Cretensis and Dares Phrygius, the first, given in the name of a supposed very ancient Historian of Crete, is a spurious narrative, forged at Rome in the Time of Nero 60 Ad; the second is, also, a forged history, supposed to be written by Septimus Romanus 370 Ad., e Darete Frigio. Delia Guerra Trojana. (Collana Greca. class. 12.)
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| "Of these two Histories of the Trojan War, by Dictys Cretensis and Dares Phrygius, the first, given in the name of a supposed very ancient Historian of Crete, is a spurious narrative, forged at Rome in the Time of Nero 60 Ad; the second is, also, a forged history, supposed to be written by Septimus Romanus 370 Ad."</ref> who was a contemporary from Cretan. When writing about the war of Troy, he noted that Antenore was the first to land on the island and build a city. Because of the islands dark appearance of its woods it was called '''Corcira Melaena''' ([[Latin]]: Corcyra Nigra - ''Black Corcyra'').<ref>Korcula: Italian-Curzola, Greek-Corcyra Melaina</ref><ref>'''Korcula''' is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the ''Dubrovnik-Neretva County'' of [[Croatia]]. The island lies just off the Dalmatian coast.</ref><ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Curzola Encyclopaedia Britannica (publ. 1911)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322146/Korcula|title='''"Korcula."''' '''Encyclopædia Britannica'''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Wed. 24 Feb. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-02-24}}</ref> Other followers of his position claim that they were not exiles of Ilius, but fugitives of Gnido. In turn the vernacularisation of Ditte (work of Cav) <ref>Cavaliere = Knight (honorary title)</ref> Compagnoni, <ref>Dalmatia, literary sheet, 1st January 1846; No. 1</ref> stated that Antenore remained in [[Greece]], but the said Aeneas, was the likely leader of the colony and founder of the ''City of Curzola'', (Korcula's old name was Curzola).<ref>The Old-Slavic term for Korcula was '''Krkar'''.</ref><ref>In Croatian the c in Korcula is pronounced ''ch'' and is written "'''č'''".</ref> This theory was competing with the opinion of Darete, Phrygian and other contemporaries. | | "Of these two Histories of the Trojan War, by Dictys Cretensis and Dares Phrygius, the first, given in the name of a supposed very ancient Historian of Crete, is a spurious narrative, forged at Rome in the Time of Nero 60 Ad; the second is, also, a forged history, supposed to be written by Septimus Romanus 370 Ad."</ref> who was a contemporary from Cretan. When writing about the war of Troy, he noted that Antenore was the first to land on the island and build a city. Because of the islands dark appearance of its woods it was called '''Corcira Melaena''' ([[Latin]]: Corcyra Nigra - ''Black Corcyra'').<ref>Korcula: Italian-Curzola, Greek-Corcyra Melaina</ref><ref>'''Korcula''' is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the ''Dubrovnik-Neretva County'' of [[Croatia]]. The island lies just off the Dalmatian coast.</ref><ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Curzola Encyclopaedia Britannica (publ. 1911)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322146/Korcula|title='''"Korcula."''' '''Encyclopædia Britannica'''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Wed. 24 Feb. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-02-24}}</ref> Other followers of his position claim that they were not exiles of Ilius, but fugitives of Gnido. In turn the vernacularisation of Ditte (work of Cav) <ref>Cavaliere = Knight (honorary title)</ref> Compagnoni, <ref>Dalmatia, literary sheet, 1st January 1846; No. 1</ref> stated that Antenore remained in [[Greece]], but the said Aeneas, was the likely leader of the colony and founder of the ''City of Curzola'', (Korcula's old name was Curzola).<ref>The Old-Slavic term for Korcula was '''Krkar'''.</ref><ref>In Croatian the c in Korcula is pronounced ''ch'' and is written "'''č'''".</ref> This theory was competing with the opinion of Darete, Phrygian and other contemporaries. |