Hyperboreans: Myth and History in Celtic-Hellenic Contacts - Couverture rigide

Bridgman, Timothy P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415969786 ISBN 13 : 9780415969789

Editeur : Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

In Greek mythology, Hyperboreans were a tribe who lived far to Greece's north. 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, and provides reasons why some ancient Greek authors identified a mythical people with an actual one. Timothy P. Bridgman demonstrates not only that these authors mythologize history, but that they used the traditional Greek parallel mythical world to interpret history throughout ancient Greek culture, thought and literature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Timothy P. Bridgman received his Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin. Publications include "Who Were the Cimmerians?" (Hermathena 164 [1998] 31-64), "Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica : A Mythology of Greek Expansion in Celtic Lands" ( PHCC 21, forthcoming), and "Les Romains et l'Irlande: Invasion, Conquete ou Commerce?" (in Hommages a Monique Clavel-Leveque, Annales Litteraires de l'Universite de Franche-Comte a Besancon, forthcoming).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415969786
• ISBN 13: 9780415969789
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible