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Celts and the Classical World.
Title:
Celts and the Classical World.
Author:
Rankin, David.
ISBN:
9780203441985
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Origins, Languages and Associations -- Massilia, an Early Contact -- Notices in Some Fourth Century BC Authors -- Anthropology and Heroics -- The Second Finest Hour of Hellas -- Tumult, Prejudice and Assimilation: Rome and the Gauls -- Cisalpine Literary Talent -- Celts and Iberians -- The Galatians -- The Celts in Greco-Roman Art -- Britain, a Source of Disquiet -- Ausonius and the Civilisation of Later Roman Gaul -- Celtic Women in the Classical World -- Religion and the Druids -- Concluding Speculations -- Appendix: The Romans and Ireland -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
To observe the Celts through the eyes of the Greeks and Romans is the first aim of this book.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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