{"product_id":"classical-antiquity-and-medieval-ireland-an-anthology-of-medieval-irish-texts-and-interpretations-9781350333277","title":"Classical Antiquity and Medieval Ireland: An Anthology of Medieval Irish Texts and Interpretations","description":"\u003cb\u003eThrough an extensive series of extracts and accompanying interpretative and contextual essays, this volume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eshowcases the expertise in classical learning that flourished in medieval Gaelic Ireland.\u003c\/b\u003e Providing translations of all excerpts, it situates better known 'antiquity sagas' in the Middle Irish language, such as \u003ci\u003eTogail Tro?\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Siege of Troy\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Dares Phrygius), \u003ci\u003eImtheachta Aeniasa\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Wanderings of Aeneas\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eIn Cath Catharda\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Lucan) and \u003ci\u003eTogail na Tebe\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Siege of Thebes\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Statius), within the broader constellation of medieval Irish literature that references and engages with classical antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIncluded 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council, grant no. 818366.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e is Established Professor of Classics at the University of Galway, Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErich Poppe\u003c\/b\u003e is the former Professor of Celtic Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIsabelle Torrance\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classical Reception and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50910917034258,"sku":"9781350333277","price":142.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b6552a2-ca2d-4ef8-b62c-8e7b291bae5a.jpg?v=1738719355","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/classical-antiquity-and-medieval-ireland-an-anthology-of-medieval-irish-texts-and-interpretations-9781350333277","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}