Talk:Evander of Pallantium

Other Meanings of Evander
The name Evander also has the meaning of Beneficient King or Benevolent Ruler and was also considered the early founder of Rome as commonly accepted under most name definitions.

The source name for Evander is "Euandros," is the most often accepted spelling and Greek of Evander that means "Good man." In its Anglicized form, the name Evander means "exhalted one" and in its Scottish form is most often Iombhar (pronunciation EE vur) also spelled as Ivarr, Ivor, or simply as Evander. The name stems from the Norse meaning "[Yew Army]"

Note too that the name Evander has been used a great deal in literature, notably in The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne among many other books and poems listed on this page.

The Greek name Euandros does not mean "strong man". The word is combound, its first part, "eu", is an adverb and means "bene" in Italian and Latin, "bien" in French, "gut" in German, "well" in English. The second part, "andros" is one of the numerous forms, derivatives of the word "aner" which as a noun means "man" and "human", as an adjective means among other things: "brave" or "honest" or "of exceptional qualities". The word Euandros could be best translated as: "of a good man" or "of a good human being" or "of exceptional human being".

The text about Eundros has several issues beyond the name's correct interpretation. The guy cannot have introduced the Greek alphabet to Italy for the simple reason that there was no Greek alphabet 60 years before the Trojan War started. Leaving aside the details about its creation, the alphabet appeared approximately 450 years after the Trojan war. Another problem with the text is the supposed connections between Euandros and Aineas' father Anchises. There is no report about any connection between Arkadia and Troja. Except, probably, Virgilius' Aeniad. Well, this poem is a great work of art but no more and no less that that, just a work of art. It describes very few facts. Carthage for example was founded by Phoenician people approximately 900 years before Virgilius' time and 300 years after the Trojan War. I may be mistaken but it is highly unlikely the Aineias was going around the Mediterranean See for 300 years and finally reached Ostia to meet Euandros who waited for him for 400 years.Abc 123 xyz 456 (talk) 20:58, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Authentication and Sourcing
I am having a very hard time tracking down the claims made in this article, as well as others regarding the topic's contribution to Old Latin. While Evander is mentioned in association with Arcadia and religion in Latium and with Carmenta, I'm not able to put all the pieces together. Could someone with a greater knowledge of Greek mythology and Roman equivalents please assist? Not helping matters is the fact that the "external links" are not of use or broken. Thanks. Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 06:24, 12 November 2016 (UTC)