Hyperboreans - Myth and History in Celtic-Hellenic Contacts

Informationen zum Autor Timothy P. Bridgman Klappentext Contained in what has come down to us of Greek literary tradition are texts that identify the Hyperboreans with the Celts! or Hyperborean lands with Celtic ones. This groundbreaking book studies the texts that make or imply this identification. Zusammenfassung Contained in what has come down to us of Greek literary tradition are texts that identify the Hyperboreans with the Celts, or Hyperborean lands with Celtic ones. This groundbreaking book studies the texts that make or imply this identification. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Section One: The Hyperboreans and the Golden Age: Inventing Mythical Greek Time Section Two: The Hyperboreans and Hyperborean Identity Chapter One: From the Beginnings to the Second Purification of Delos Chapter Two: From Herodotus to Antimachus of Colophon Chapter Three: The Fourth Century and Beyond Section Three: The Hyperboreans and the Celts: A Case of Mistaken Identity Chapter Four: Antimachus of Colophon Chapter Five: Heraclides Ponticus Chapter Six: Hecataeus of Abdera Chapter Seven: Apollonius of Rhodes Chapter Eight: Posidonius of Apamea Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Timothy P. Bridgman, Bridgman Timothy P.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2005
• EAN: 9780415969789
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96978-9
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Studies in Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, General and world history