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- From: Gene Naftulyev <naft0001@student.ec.umn.edu>
- Subject: Re: Vlad?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.190338.17666@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:03:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.024746.3272@nic.csu.net> Valentin Popescu,
- vpopesc@opus.uucp writes:
- >Vlad Tepes (read Tzepesh) was regarded by many as a national hero. He
- >was distinguished in battle, and he ruled during a very difficult
- >time. The country was surrounded by unfriendly countries (the
-
- An interesting note of comparison about Vlad Tepes as seen by the people
- of Wallachia and King Arthur of the Britain who was known as the Pen
- Dragon, son of the Dragon. The cult of the Dragon was alive in Britain as
- well as other parts of Europe and Arthur was seen as a great British
- hero. It seems that Vlad Tepes was viewed similarly by his people at the
- time he was alive, however hiustory is written by the winners, and the
- Turks won.
-