Hyperboreans

Hyperboreans Myth and History in Celtic-Hellenic Contacts - Studies in Classics

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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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780415969789
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 880.915
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 249
Weight: 550g
Height: 230mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 22mm