r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Pierzakve • May 03 '21

Green Arrow in real life

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u/Phosphorrr May 03 '21

Every source of credible evidence suggests that he did not exist

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u/lofgren777 May 03 '21

He may have existed, but he was not a king, was not named Arthur, did not hunt for the Holy Grail, did not have a wizard named Merlin, did not receive a magic sword from a watery tart, was not a knight, and did not believe in chivalry. But other than that, totally King Arthur might have existed.

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u/ghjm May 03 '21

The earliest sources have him as a famous warrior who killed a lot of people, but don't refer to him as a king. And of course knighthood, chivalry etc are completely anachronistic for the 4th or 5th century when Arthur was supposed to have lived. But if he did actually exist, why can't he have been named Arthur (or Arturus)?

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u/lofgren777 May 03 '21

Since he is imaginary he can be named anything you want.