Ἱστορικὸ πρόσωπο ποὺ ἔφτασε ὼς τὸν Καναδᾶ ἦταν ὁ Ἡρακλῆς τῆς ἑλληνικῆς μυθολογίας, σύμφωνα μὲ τὸν καθηγητὴ Γεωλογίας Ἠλία Μαριολάκο.
Ἔφτασε χίλια χρόνια πρὶν ἀπὸ τὸν Μεγάλο Ἀλέξανδρο στὸν Ἰνδὸ ποταμό.
Πέρασε ἀπὸ τὴν Αἰθιοπία, ἔφτασε ὼς τὴ Γροιλανδία καὶ ἴσως νὰ πάτησε πρῶτος τὸ πόδι του στὴν Ἀμερική.
Ἕνας ἀπὸ τοὺς πιὸ γνωστοὺς ἥρωες τῆς παγκόσμιας μυθολογίας- ὁ Ἡρακλῆς- δὲν ἦταν μόνο ἕνας σπουδαῖος ὑδραυλικός, μηχανικὸς καὶ ὑδρογεωλόγος, ὅπως μαρτυροῦν πολλοὶ ἀπὸ τοὺς δώδεκα ἄθλους του, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ποὺ ἔκανε πράξη τὴν παγκοσμιοποίηση καὶ ὁ ἀρχιτέκτονας τῆς μυκηναϊκῆς κοσμοκρατορίας, ὅπως ὑποστήριξε σὲ ὁμιλία του, στὸ Πανεπιστήμιο Ἀθηνῶν, ὁ ὁμότιμος καθηγητὴς Γεωλογίας καὶ μέλος τοῦ Κεντρικοῦ Ἀρχαιολογικοῦ Συμβουλίου Ἠλίας Μαριολάκος.
«Ὁ Ἡρακλῆς δὲν εἶναι ἕνα πρόσωπο γιὰ νὰ διασκεδάζουν τὰ παιδιά.
Οὔτε ἡ ἑλληνικὴ μυθολογία ἕνα παραμύθι γιὰ ἕναν φανταστικὸ κόσμο», λέει στὰ «ΝΕΑ» ὁ Ἠλίας Μαριολάκος.
«Ὁ Ἡρακλῆς εἶναι ἕνα ἱστορικό- καὶ ὄχι μυθικό- πρόσωπο, ἕνας ἄγνωστος μεγάλος κατακτητής, ἥρωας- ἱδρυτὴς πόλεων, πρῶτος συνδετικὸς κρίκος τοῦ κοινοῦ πολιτισμικοῦ ὑποστρώματος τῶν Εὐρωπαίων, τοῦ μυκηναϊκοῦ καὶ κατὰ συνέπεια τοῦ ἑλληνικοῦ πολιτισμοῦ. Καὶ ἡ μυθολογία εἶναι ἡ ἱστορία τοῦ ἀπώτερου παρελθόντος τῶν κατοίκων αὐτοῦ τοῦ τόπου, ποὺ πολὺ ἀργότερα θὰ ὀνομαστεῖ Ἑλλάς».
Πρῶτος στὸ μικροσκόπιο τοῦ καθηγητῆ μπῆκε ὁ ἆθλος μὲ τὴν ἁρπαγὴ τῶν βοδιῶν τοῦ Γηρυόνη, τοῦ τρικέφαλου καὶ τρισώματου γίγαντα ποὺ ζοῦσε στὰ Γάδειρα, τὸ σημερινὸ Κάντιθ τῆς Ἱσπανίας, κοντὰ στὸ στενό του Γιβραλτάρ.
«Οἱ περισσότεροι πιστεύουν πὼς ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ταξίδεψε ὼς τὴν Ἰβηρικὴ Χερσόνησο γιὰ νὰ φέρει μιὰ καλὴ ράτσα βοδιῶν στὴν Πελοπόννησο», ἐξηγεῖ ὁ κ. Μαριολάκος.
«Ἄν διαβάσουμε μὲ προσοχὴ τὸν Στράβωνα, ποὺ ἔζησε τον 1ο αἰ. π.Χ. ὅμως, θὰ διαπιστώσουμε πὼς σὲ κανένα ἄλλο μέρος τοῦ κόσμου δὲν ἔχει βρεθεῖ τόσος πολὺς χρυσός, ἄργυρος, χαλκὸς καὶ σίδηρος.
. Καὶ τὰ βόδια δικαιολογοῦνται διότι ὑπῆρχαν μαρτυρίες ὅτι τὸ "κοσκίνισμα" τοῦ χρυσοῦ ἀπὸ τὴν ἄμμο γινόταν πάνω σὲ δέρματα βοδιῶν».
Ἡ ἵδρυση δὲ τῆς πόλης ἀπὸ τὸν Ἡρακλῆ μνημονεύεται στὸν θυρεὸ τῆς πόλης καὶ σήμερα.
Ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ὁλοκληρώνει τὸν ἆθλο του καὶ συνεχίζει βόρεια πρὸς τὴν Κελτικὴ καὶ ἱδρύει τὴν Ἀλέσια (γνωστὴ καὶ ὡς πόλη τοῦ Ἀστερίξ), τὸ ὄνομα τῆς ὁποίας προέρχεται ἀπὸ τὴ λέξη ἄλυς (= περιπλάνηση). Πόλη μὲ στρατηγικὴ σημασία, καθὼς συνδέεται μέσῳ πλωτῶν ποταμῶν πρὸς τὴ Μεσόγειο, τὸν Ἀτλαντικό, τὴ Μάγχη καὶ τὴ Βόρεια Θάλασσα, ὅπου ὁ Ἰούλιος Καίσαρας κατατρόπωσε τοὺς Γαλάτες. Ἀκόμη ἱδρύει τὸ Μονακὸ καὶ τὴν Ἀλικάντε - ἡ ποδοσφαιρική της ὁμάδα ὀνομάζεται Ἡρακλῆς.
Τί γύρευε στὴ Γαλατία ὁ Ἡρακλῆς;
«Χρυσό», ἀπαντᾷ ὁ κ. Μαριολάκος, «ἀφοῦ ὁ Διόδωρος μᾶς λέει πὼς στὴ Γαλατία ὑπάρχουν πλούσια χρυσοφόρα κοιτάσματα». Ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ὅμως φέρεται- σύμφωνα μὲ τὸν Πλούταρχο- νὰ ἔφτασε καὶ ὼς τὴν Ωγυγία ποὺ ἀπέχει πέντε ἡμέρες δυτικὰ τῆς Βρετανίας. «Πέντε ἡμέρες ἰσοδυναμοῦν μὲ 120 ὧρες.
Ἄν ἡ μέση ταχύτητα ἑνὸς πλεούμενου τῆς ἐποχῆς ἦταν 4 μίλια τὴν ὥρα, τότε ἡ ἀπόσταση εἶναι 890 χλμ., ἄρα πρόκειται γιὰ τὴ σημερινὴ Ἰσλανδία καὶ συνέχισε ὼς τὴ Γροιλανδία, ἐνῶ τὸ Κρόνιο Πέλαγος, ποὺ ἀναφέρεται, σύμφωνα μὲ τοὺς ὑπολογισμοὺς ταυτίζεται μὲ τὸν Βόρειο Ἀτλαντικό»
«Γιὰ νὰ φέρει τὰ χρυσᾶ μῆλα τῶν Ἑσπερίδων (ἤτοι τὸν χρυσὸ) ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ἀπὸ τὴν Αἴγυπτο ἔφτασε ὼς τὴν Αἰθιοπία κι ἔπειτα στὸν Καύκασο- γιὰ νὰ ζητήσει τὴ βοήθεια τοῦ Προμηθέα- καὶ στὴ Λιβύη προτοῦ ἐπιστρέψει στὶς Μυκῆνες»
Ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ἔφτασε, σύμφωνα μὲ τὸν καθηγητὴ Ἠλία Μαριολάκο, ὼς τὴν Ἀμερική.
«Στὶς πηγὲς διαβάζουμε πὼς ἐγκατέστησε ἀκολούθους τοῦ "ὼς τὸν κόλπο ποὺ τὸ στόμιό του βρίσκεται στὴν ἴδια εὐθεῖα μὲ τὸ στόμιο τῆς Κασπίας".
Ἕνας κόλπος μόνον καλύπτει αὐτὲς τίς προϋποθέσεις: τοῦ Ἁγίου Λαυρεντίου στὸ Τορόντο τοῦ Καναδᾶ».
Μαρτυράται δὲ πὼς ἔμειναν «σὲ νησιὰ ποὺ βλέπουν τὸν ἥλιο νὰ κρύβεται γιὰ λιγότερο ἀπὸ μία ὥρα γιὰ 30 ἡμέρες»- δηλαδὴ στὸν πολικὸ κύκλο.
Τί γύρευε ἐκεῖ;
Ἡ ἀπάντηση βρίσκεται στὰ εὑρήματα τῶν ἀνασκαφῶν ποὺ γίνονται γύρω ἀπὸ τὴ λίμνη Σουπίριορ στὸ Μίτσιγκαν.
Ἀρκεῖ νὰ σκεφτεῖτε πὼς ἔχουν ἐξορυχθεῖ πάνω ἀπὸ 500.000 τόνοι χαλκοῦ στὴν περιοχή, ὅταν στὴν κάτ΄ ἐξοχὴν πηγὴ χαλκοῦ- τὴν Κύπρο- ἐξορύχθηκαν 200.000 τόνοι.
Ἡ ἐξόρυξη ἔγινε τὴν περίοδο 2.450 π.Χ.- 1050 π.Χ., σταματάει ξαφνικά, ὅταν καταρρέει ὁ μυκηναϊκὸς πολιτισμός. Καὶ ὅλα αὐτὰ σὲ μιὰ περιοχὴ ὅπου οἱ γηγενεῖς βρίσκονταν στὴ λίθινη ἐποχή!
A historical figure who reached as far as Canada was Hercules of Greek mythology, according to Geology professor Elias Mariolakos.
He arrived a thousand years before Alexander the Great on the Indus River. He passed through Ethiopia, reached Greenland and may have been the first to set foot in America. One of the most famous heroes of world mythology - Hercules - was not only a great plumber, engineer and hydrogeologist, as many of his twelve deeds testify, but also the first to practice globalization and the architect of the Mycenaean cosmocracy, Elias Mariolakos, Emeritus Professor of Geology and member of the Central Archaeological Council, supported last night in a speech at the University of Athens.
"Hercules is not a person for children to have fun. "Greek mythology is not a fairy tale for a fantasy world either", Elias Mariolakos tells "NEA". "Hercules is a historical - and not mythical - person, an unknown great conqueror, hero-founder of cities, the first connecting link of the common cultural background of Europeans, the Mycenaean and consequently of Greek culture. And the mythology is the story of the distant past of the inhabitants of this place, which much later will be called Hellas ".
The first to enter the professor's microscope was the feat of snatching the oxen of Girion, the three-headed and three-limbed giant that lived in Gadira, present-day Cadiz, Spain, near the Strait of Gibraltar.
"Most people believe that Hercules traveled to the Iberian Peninsula to bring a good breed of oxen to the Peloponnese," explains Mariolakos. "If we read carefully Strabo, who lived in the 1st c. e.g. but we will find that in no other part of the world has so much gold, silver, copper and iron been found. And the oxen are justified because there were testimonies that the "sifting" of the gold from the sand was done on oxen skins ".
The foundation of the city by Hercules is mentioned in the coat of arms of the city even today. Hercules completes his feat and continues north to Celtic and founds Alessia (also known as the city of Asterix), whose name comes from the word alys (= wandering). A city of strategic importance, as it is connected by navigable rivers to the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the English Channel and the North Sea, where Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls. She is still founding Monaco and Alicante - her football team is called Hercules.
What was Hercules looking for in Galatia? "Gold", replies Mr. Mariolakos, "since Diodorus tells us that in Galatia there are rich gold deposits". Hercules, however, is said - according to Plutarch - to have reached Ogygia, which is five days west of Britain. "Five days is equivalent to 120 hours. If the average speed of a boat at the time was 4 miles per hour, then the distance is 890 km, so it is today's Iceland and continued to Greenland, while the Cronus Sea, which is reportedly identified with the North Atlantic »
"In order to bring the golden apples of Hesperides (that is, the gold), Hercules from Egypt reached Ethiopia and then the Caucasus - to ask for the help of Prometheus - and Libya before returning to Mycenae"
Hercules arrived, according to Professor Elias Mariolakos, as far as America. In the sources we read that he installed his followers "up to the bay whose mouth is in the same line as the mouth of the Caspian Sea". "Only one bay meets these requirements: St. Lawrence in Toronto, Canada." He testified that they stayed "on islands that see the sun hiding for less than an hour for 30 days" - that is, in the polar circle.
What was he looking for there?
The answer lies in the findings of excavations around Lake Superior in Michigan. It is enough to think that more than 500,000 tons of copper have been mined in the region, when 200,000 tons were mined in the pre-eminent source of copper - Cyprus.
Mining took place in the period 2,450 BC-1050 BC, it stops suddenly, when the Mycenaean civilization collapses. And all this in an area where the natives were in the Stone Age!
A historical figure who reached as far as Canada was Hercules of Greek mythology, according to Geology professor Elias Mariolakos.
