Book Description
This is the 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 Áed Sláine; Fingal Rónáin, and the Story of Mis and Dubh Rois.
The Celtic Heroic Age Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe and Early Ireland and Wales SYNOPSIS
A collection of 143 primary classical, Irish, and Brittonic (mostly Welsh) texts in English translation, without originals, for introductory undergraduate courses in the early Celtic-speaking peoples. The glossary of terms and names does not indicate pronunciation. Maps locate places mentioned in the texts. Earlier editions appeared in 1994 and 2000. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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