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Product Identifiers

PublisherCeltic Studies Publications

ISBN-101891271091

ISBN-139781891271090

eBay Product ID (ePID)2784490

Product Key Features

Number of Pages488 Pages

LanguageIrish, Old (To 1100)

Publication NameCeltic Heroic Age : Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe and Early Ireland and Wales

Publication Year2003

SubjectEurope / Western, Europe / Great Britain / Wales, General, Ancient & Classical, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Ireland, Europe / General, Subjects & Themes / General, Europe / Medieval, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

TypeTextbook

AuthorJohn T. Koch

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Literary Collections, History

SeriesCeltic Studies Publications

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight35.2 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number4

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number1

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal891.6

SynopsisA new edition of an invaluable collection of literary sources, all in translation, for Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales. The selections are divided into three sections: the first is classical authors on the ancient celts-a huge selection including both the well-known-Herodotos, Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Diogenes Laertius, and Cicero-and the obscure-Pseudo-Scymnus, Lampridius, Vopsicus, Clement of Alexandria and Ptolemy I. The second is early Irish and Hiberno-Latin sources including early Irish dynastic poetry and numerous tales from the Ulster cycle and the third consists of Brittonic sources, mostly Welsh., A new fourth edition of an invaluable collection of literary sources, all in translation, for Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales., A new fourth edition of an invaluable collection of literary sources, all in translation, for Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales. The selections are divided into three sections: the first is classical authors on the ancient celts - a huge selection including both the well known Herodotos, Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Diogenes Laertius, and Cicero - and the obscure-Pseudo-Scymnus, Lampridius, Vopsicus, Clement of Alexandria and Ptolemy I. The second is early Irish and Hiberno-Latin sources including early Irish dynastic poetry and numerous tales from the Ulster cycle and the third consists of Brittonic sources, mostly Welsh. This edition includes three new early Irish tales, translated by Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha: The Birth of Aed Sláine; Fingal Rónáin, and the Story of Mis and Dubh Rois., A new fourth edition of an invaluable collection of literary sources, all in translation, for Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales. The selections are divided into three sections: the first is classical authors on the ancient celts - a huge selection including both the well known Herodotos, Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Diogenes Laertius, and Cicero - and the obscure-Pseudo-Scymnus, Lampridius, Vopsicus, Clement of Alexandria and Ptolemy I. The second is early Irish and Hiberno-Latin sources including early Irish dynastic poetry and numerous tales from the Ulster cycle and the third consists of Brittonic sources, mostly Welsh. This edition includes three new early Irish tales, translated by M ir n N Dhonnchadha: The Birth of Aed Sl ine; Fingal R n in, and the Story of Mis and Dubh Rois.

LC Classification NumberPB1100