King Arthur in antiquity /

King Arthur in antiquity /

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Author / Creator:Anderson, Graham.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 208 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Arthur, -- King.
Arthur, -- King.
Tales -- Greece -- History and criticism.
Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Legends.
Arthurian romances -- Sources.
Legends -- Greece.
Arthurian romances.
Britons -- Kings and rulers.
Civilization -- Greek influences.
Legends.
Tales.
Great Britain -- Civilization -- Greek influences.
Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 -- Legends.
Great Britain.
Greece.
Electronic books.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Legends.
Sources.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11297479
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:0203583035
9780203583036
9786610074112
6610074119
9780415317146
0415317142
0415317142
0415555000
9780415555005
1280074116
9781280074110
1134372027
9781134372027
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Although King Arthur's identity is so frequently debated, he is almost always set somewhere in the Celtic Britain of the Early Christian Era. This original and wide-ranging study argues that the roots of the Arthur legend are to be found in classical antiquity and that the traditional British Arthur is a much later imitation. Graham Anderson examines hitherto neglected evidence for two much older figures, known to classical writers as early kings of Arcadia and Lydia, who supposedly flourished more than a millennium earlier than traditional accounts suggest. He outlines the correspondence betw.
Other form:Print version: Anderson, Graham. King Arthur in antiquity. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415317142

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