num_pages: 488
description: A new fourth edition of an invaluable collection of literary sources, all in translation, for Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales. The selections are divided into three sections: the first is classical authors on the ancient celts - a huge selection including both the well known Herodotos, Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Diogenes Laertius, and Cicero - and the obscure-Pseudo-Scymnus, Lampridius, Vopsicus, Clement of Alexandria and Ptolemy I. The second is early Irish and Hiberno-Latin sources including early Irish dynastic poetry and numerous tales from the Ulster cycle and the third consists of Brittonic sources, mostly Welsh. This edition includes three new early Irish tales, translated by Mairin Ni Dhonnchadha: The Birth of Aed Slaine; Fingal Ronain, and the Story of Mis and Dubh Rois.
language: English
title: The Celtic Heroic Age (Celtic Studies Publications)
titlecomplete: The Celtic Heroic Age (Celtic Studies Publications) (Old Irish Edition)
genres: Medieval, History, Paganism, Reference, Irish Literature, Ancient History, Roman, Nonfiction, Mythology, Literature
ratings_count: 138
places: Ireland, Wales
publisher: Celtic Studies Publications