Hyperboreans : Myth and History in Celtic-Hellenic Contacts

ISBN-13: 9780415969789 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 270 str.

Timothy P. Bridgman; Bridgman Bridgman; Timothy P. Bridgman

Opis

In Greek mythology, Hyperboreans were a tribe who lived far to Greece's north. Greek literary tradition includes texts that identify the Hyperboreans with the Celts, or Hyperborean lands with Celtic ones. This title studies these texts and provides reasons why some ancient Greek authors identified a mythical people with an actual one.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Timothy P. Bridgman