LEADER 03938nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910806145603321 005 20230607214447.0 010 $a0-292-79827-X 024 7 $a10.7560/725188 035 $a(CKB)111090425016206 035 $a(OCoLC)568479054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10190645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000183739 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169914 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183739 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10195533 035 $a(PQKB)11175494 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443063 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1926 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443063 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10190645 035 $a(DE-B1597)587746 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292798274 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090425016206 100 $a20000228d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIreland and the classical world /$fPhilip Freeman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (167 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-72518-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1 The Archaeology of Roman Material in Ireland -- $tChapter 2 Language -- $tChapter 3 Ancient Authors -- $tAppedix ONEThe Greek Alphabet -- $tAppedisc TWO Classical References to Ireland -- $tAppedix THREE The Names of Ireland -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aOn 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. 606 $aCivilization, Classical 606 $aIrish language$xForeign elements$xLatin 606 $aLatin language$xInfluence on Irish 606 $aRomans$zIreland 607 $aGreece$xRelations$zIreland 607 $aIreland$xAntiquities, Roman 607 $aIreland$xHistory$yTo 1172$vSources 607 $aIreland$xRelations$zGreece 607 $aIreland$xRelations$zRome 607 $aRome$xRelations$zIreland 615 0$aCivilization, Classical. 615 0$aIrish language$xForeign elements$xLatin. 615 0$aLatin language$xInfluence on Irish. 615 0$aRomans 676 $a303.48/23615038 700 $aFreeman$b Philip$f1961-$01222769 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806145603321 996 $aIreland and the classical world$94092370 997 $aUNINA