An edition of Ireland and the classical world (2001)

Ireland and the classical world

1st ed.

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An edition of Ireland and the classical world (2001)

Ireland and the classical world

1st ed.

"On the boundary of what the ancient Greeks and Romans considered the habitable world, Ireland was a land of myth and mystery in classical times. Classical authors frequently portrayed its people as savages - even as cannibals and devotees of incest - and evinced occasional uncertainty as to the island's shape, size, and actual location.

Unlike neighboring Britain, Ireland never knew Roman occupation, yet literary and archaeological evidence prove that Iuverna was more than simply terra incognita in classical antiquity.".

"In this book, Philip Freeman explores the relations between ancient Ireland and the classical world through a comprehensive survey of all Greek and Latin literary sources that mention Ireland. He analyzes passages (given in both the original language and English) from over thirty authors, including Julius Caesar, Strabo, Tacitus, Ptolemy, and St. Jerome.

To amplify the literary sources, he also briefly reviews the archaeological and linguistic evidence for contact between Ireland and the Mediterranean world.".

"Freeman's analysis of all these sources reveals that Ireland was known to the Greeks and Romans for hundreds of years and that Mediterranean goods and even travelers found their way to Ireland, while the Irish at least occasionally visited, traded, and raided in Roman lands. Everyone interested in ancient Irish history or Classics, whether scholar or enthusiast, will learn much from this pioneering book."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
148

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Ireland and the classical world
2001, University of Texas Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.

Published in
Austin

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.48/23615038
Library of Congress
DA931 .F74 2001, DA931.F74 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 148 p. :
Number of pages
148

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6780965M
Internet Archive
irelandclassical0000free
ISBN 10
0292725183
LCCN
00027762
OCLC/WorldCat
43615611
Library Thing
1348728
Goodreads
244033

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