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As we all know HERMAN and ARMIN are two different names etymologically not related at all. But at one point of time (I read this was in the late 18th century) the two got mixed up and ARMIN was replaced by HERMANN in literature and then in everybody's mind. Friedrich Klopstock wrote a trilogy of plays on ARMINIUS the Germanic prince who defeated the Roman army in the year 9 AD.
Was Klopstock the first one to mix ARMIN with HERMANN and to call ARMINIUS HERMANN? Where did he get the idea from?
Andy
Was Klopstock the first one to mix ARMIN with HERMANN and to call ARMINIUS HERMANN? Where did he get the idea from?
Andy
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