The Celtic Heroic Age (Celtic Studies Publications)

by John T Koch

Other authorsJohn Carey (Author)
Paperback, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

PB1100 .C45

Publication

Celtic Studies Publications (2000), Edition: 3rd, Paperback, 425 pages

Description

A 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.

Language

Original publication date

1994

ISBN

1891271040 / 9781891271045

Local notes

An extensive survey, in accessible English translations, of primary literary materials relevant to the introductory study of the early Celtic-speaking peoples; intended for university undergraduates engaged in 1or 2 term courses in Celtic civilization; complementing the
canonical Irish Tin B Cuailnge & Welsh Mabinogi.

Author Dr John T. Koch is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies and author of The Gododdin of Aneirin: Text and Context from Dark-Age North Britain. Dr John Carey is Lecturer in Early Irish at the National University of Ireland in Cork and author of A Single Ray of the Sun (Religious Speculation in Early Ireland) and The King of Mysteries.

User reviews

LibraryThing member goth_marionette
I used this book in a course on Celtic mythology and literature and found it to be an easy read. It included key works that were interesting and well translated. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Celtic history from the beginner to the more advanced scholar.
LibraryThing member MedvlReader
No Celtic Studies library is complete without it! Something to refer to time and again. Every time I open it, I find something new - and remarkably useful. Many thanks to John Koch and John Carey for creating this fantastic sourcebook.
LibraryThing member goth_marionette
I used this book in a course on Celtic mythology and literature and found it to be an easy read. It included key works that were interesting and well translated. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Celtic history from the beginner to the more advanced scholar.

Physical description

425 p.; 9.6 inches

Pages

425
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