Talk:Filimer

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[edit] Origin of the Huns

If Filimer chased the witches that became the mothers of the Huns, how can he fit in in the late 2nd century AD? Jordanes places this guy in the very distant past, way before Pythagoras. /Pieter Kuiper 21:25, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of map

I wonder why Pieter Kuiper removed the interesting diachronic map on this page. His argument that it is "anachronistic" does not sound very convincing since it is diachronic.--Berig 18:36, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Filimer is 1000 BC according to Jordanes, give or take a few centuries. The map does not have anything to do with that period. /Pieter Kuiper 18:59, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
You are just POV-pushing your view that is completely fictive.--Berig 06:06, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Find a different illustration (or make a romantic painting of the valiant Filimer or something), but the map is misleading. I deleted it again. /Pieter Kuiper 06:15, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
If you find it misleading, why don't you add a comment in the caption?--Berig 06:16, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problems with reference

On August 8, 2007, User:Pieter Kuiper wrote the following version:

He was the son of Gadareiks and the fifth generation since Berig's mythical emigration from Scandza to Gothiscandza, 2030 years before Jordanes wrote his "Origin of the Goths".[1][1]

I am afraid that I can find no support in the reference for any of this information.--Berig (talk) 14:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Jordanes, Mierow, ed., Getica 313, <http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html#LX> 

[edit] Easily solved

Was Berig struck with blindness? Or is this nitpicking about a few years between the defeat of Witiges and Jordanes writing the Getica? The reference to the phrase that Berig removed should be clear enough: And thus a famous kingdom and most valiant race, which had long held sway, was at last overcome in almost its two thousand and thirtieth year by that conquerer of many nations, the Emperor Justinian, through his most faithful consul Belisarius. /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 15:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, but why did you simply revert instead of just fixing the problem? Moreover, your reference only supported the date, not anything else.--Berig (talk) 15:13, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology - what language?

The article asserts that 'Filimer' means "very famous" with a reference to a website by some "Þeedrich Yeat". Immediate question: what language might that be? /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 17:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)