Hyperboreans
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Hyperboreans
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.
The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought
Author: James S. Romm
language: en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: 2019-07-16
For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.
Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece
Author: Renaud Gagné
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2021-04-22
Follows the extraordinary record of ancient Greek thought on Hyperborea as a case study of cosmography and anthropological philology.