` ::: Well OK, but mind that these people are semi-legendary anyway (although likely based on historical persons), and no or very few contemporary sources on these people have been preserved, yet they have been playing a role as part of our history, in the sense of a story told about our past.  It is good to separate verifiable fact from stories, but the way these people have been regarded in later times is at least as interesting as what is left of their ``true`` story, and should not be omitted.  Another example: Jesus...  `