As a wise German nineteenth or early twentieth century (both given), Greek travelers were, some two centuries before Christ, with a prosperous population in Galicia:
Tude the banks of the Miño River at the foot of our sacred mountain, the
Aloia that the inhabitants, pagans or Christians think of as magic
omphalos from the earliest times.
Tude, the indigenous name, language was a very strong temptation for those desperate passengers relieved his confusion upon discovering that this was the native word corruption
Tydeus, Tydeus, Hellenic hero who was killed attacking Thebes, and lost the gift of immortality. Athena's wanted to offer, yet withdrew his gift to contemplate the cruelty of his behavior, cannibalistic fury Tydeus was devouring the brains of the fallen Melanippus.
Immortality for the father was not wicked, but for our hero, Diomedes, one of the seven leaders who themselves captured Thebes and then also secured the win over Troy. But who wounded Aphrodite in combat as the Iliad
, drew upon him the fury of the goddess of love, which spread to his wife Aegialeus of adulterous passion. Embarrassed by the behavior of his wife, Diomedes had to leave Greece and from the West.
He reached the ends of Iberia. And, up the Mino from its mouth, Diomedes was dawn in a place where the river widened. At the foot of a granite hill, in the shadow of a vast mountain behind which the sun rose, Diomedes decided beaching their vessels. What a beautiful place to rest, what pious tribute to found, after the father died at Thebes, a city that would bear his name.
So there Tui, where he was
Tude Tyde or a square named the son of Tydeus, our heroic founder, Diomedes, Diomedes for tudenses. The truth is that for reasons not yet understand, that square space, attached to the slide, is officially called "Canton of Diomedes." I say "officially" not because they question the emphasis of the name of the hero, but because, when the slide was filled with children, the late sixties and early seventies, we did not play hide and seek in the canton of anyone but easier, " where the box. " What a temptation
metal stairs going up to the platform for musicians, which risk coming, step by step, the gate is closed only could pass on a Sunday a few adults mythical, sweaty, armed with trombones and cymbals.
But we were not either musicians or mythical just sweaty children to their mothers summoned with a ringing voice when we were risking our lives, four steps above the floor of the canton of Diomedes, say, where the music box .
Although the son of Tydeus is not founded my city (but who proved that she did not?), The fact is that there were Greeks Tui yes, those desperate passengers of the second century BC who discovered the relationship between
Tude and Tydeus. I Have I devoted to classical philology, because 2200 years ago, a Greek step down roots stable on the hill of stone?