Hyperboreans: Myth and History in Celtic-Hellenic Contacts (Studies in Classics)

Bridgman, Timothy P.

ISBN 10: 0415969786 / ISBN 13: 9780415969789

Published by Routledge, 2005

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1st printing. Inscribed by author on title page. A tight, clean copy. xx, 249pp. -- 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. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hyperboreans: Myth and History in Celtic-Hellenic Contacts (Studies in Classics)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415969786
• ISBN 13: 9780415969789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed and Signed By Author
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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.

About the Author

Timothy P. Bridgman