

Beschreibung
Through an extensive series of extracts and accompanying interpretative and contextual essays, this open access volume showcases the expertise in classical learning that flourished in medieval Gaelic Ireland. Providing translations of all excerpts, it situates...Through an extensive series of extracts and accompanying interpretative and contextual essays, this open access volume showcases the expertise in classical learning that flourished in medieval Gaelic Ireland. Providing translations of all excerpts, it situates better known ''antiquity sagas'' in the Middle Irish language, such as Togail Troi ( The Siege of Troy , based on Dares Phrygius), Imtheachta Aeniasa ( The Wanderings of Aeneas , based on Virgil''s Aeneid ), In Cath Catharda ( The Civil War , based on Lucan) and Togail na Tebe ( The Siege of Thebes , based on Statius), within the broader constellation of medieval Irish literature that references and engages with classical antiquity. Included are synchronistic poetry and world chronologies; lesser-known Irish poetry and prose recounting episodes from Graeco-Roman mythography and featuring, for instance, Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses and Penelope, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, Daedalus and the Minotaur; linguistic and metaphysical tracts; place-name lore; and medieval historiographies of Alexander the Great, Hercules, and warriors of Irish legend recast as classical heroes. Creating access to this body of texts and revealing the marked influences of classical concepts on the imaginative resources of medieval Ireland fills a conspicuous lacuna in our knowledge of classical reception in European literatures. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council, grant no. 818366.
Autorentext
Michael Clarke is Established Professor of Classics at the University of Galway, Ireland.
Erich Poppe is the former Professor of Celtic Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany.Isabelle Torrance is Professor of Classical Reception and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Inhalt
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
A Guide to Editorial Practices for Middle Irish Texts, Michael Clarke (University of Galway, Ireland)
I. INTRODUCTION
The Irish Antiquity Sagas in Context, Ralph O'Connor (University of Aberdeen, UK)
II. CHRONOLOGY AND CORRELATION
Flann Mainistrech's Flaithius Rómán ríge glonn 'The sovereignty of the Romans was a kingship of feats of prowess', Peadar Mac Gabhann (Ulster University, UK)
III. THE TROJAN WAR
Don Tres Troí 'On the Third Troy', Brent Miles (University of Toronto, Canada)
IV. ADAPTATION OF LATIN EPIC
In Cath Catharda 'The Civil War': The Influence of Scholia, Cillian O'Hogan (University of Toronto, Canada)
V. MYTHOGRAPHY AND PSEUDOHISTORY
Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás 'The History of Hercules and his Death', Gregory R. Darwin (Uppsala University, Sweden)
VI. WORLD KNOWLEDGE AND INDIGENOUS TRADITION
Scéla na Esérgi 'Treatise on the Resurrection', Elizabeth Boyle (National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland)
VII. EPILOGUE
Table of the Principal Manuscript Sources Used, Michael Clarke (University of Galway, Ireland)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
