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Title

Ireland and the classical world / Philip Freeman.

Author

Freeman, Philip, 1961-

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.

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Details

Description

xvi, 148 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"On the boundary of what the ancient Greeks and Romans considered the habitable world, Ireland was a land of myth and mystery in classical times. Classical authors frequently portrayed its people as savages - even as cannibals and devotees of incest - and evinced occasional uncertainty as to the island's shape, size, and actual location. Unlike neighboring Britain, Ireland never knew Roman occupation, yet literary and archaeological evidence prove that Iuverna was more than simply terra incognita in classical antiquity." "In this book, Philip Freeman explores the relations between ancient Ireland and the classical world through a comprehensive survey of all Greek and Latin literary sources that mention Ireland. He analyzes passages (given in both the original language and English) from over thirty authors, including Julius Caesar, Strabo, Tacitus, Ptolemy, and St. Jerome. To amplify the literary sources, he also briefly reviews the archaeological and linguistic evidence for contact between Ireland and the Mediterranean world." "Freeman's analysis of all these sources reveals that Ireland was known to the Greeks and Romans for hundreds of years and that Mediterranean goods and even travelers found their way to Ireland, while the Irish at least occasionally visited, traded, and raided in Roman lands. Everyone interested in ancient Irish history or Classics, whether scholar or enthusiast, will learn much from this pioneering book."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Greece
• Romans
• To 1172
• Rome > Relations > Ireland
• Ireland > Relations > Rome
• Ireland > Antiquities, Roman
• Ireland > Relations > Greece
• Ireland > History > To 1172 > Sources
• Greece > Relations > Ireland
• Irland
• Rome (Empire)
• Irlande > Relations > Rome
• Irlande > Antiquités romaines
• Irlande > Relations > Grèce
• Irish language > Foreign elements > Latin
• Latin language > Influence on Irish
• Civilization, Classical
• Civilisation ancienne
• Romains > Irlande
• Latin (Langue) > Influence sur l'irlandais
• 15.52 Roman Empire
• Classical antiquities
• History > Sources
• International relations
• Antike
• Gaelic (Iers)
• Klassieke oudheid
• Invloed
• Latin language > Influence on foreign languages
• Romans > Ireland > History
• Irlande > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1172 > Sources

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.

Contents

1. The archaeology of Roman material in Ireland. Pre-Roman, first-century, second-century, third-century, fourth and early-fifth-century material. 2. Language: the influence of Latin in pre-Patrician Ireland. Latin loan-words in early Irish -- The Ogam alphabet and the Latin grammatical tradition. 3. Ancient authors. Rufius Festus Avienus -- Diodorus Siculus -- Julius Caesar -- Strabo -- Isidorus -- Pomponius Mela -- Pliny the elder -- Pseudo-Aristotle -- Tacitus -- Juvenal -- Dionysius Periegetes -- Ptolemy -- Apuleius -- Herodian -- Solinus -- Ammianus Marcellinus -- Pseudo-Hegesippus -- Jerome -- Prudentius -- Symmachus -- Servius -- Claudian -- Marcianus -- Stobaeus -- Orosius -- Pseudo-Agathemerus -- Stephanus of Byzantium.

ISBN

• 0292725183
• 9780292725188
• 9780292798274 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

00027762

OCLC

• ocm43615611
• 43615611
• SCSB-14286292

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library