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King Arthur in antiquity /
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 A...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203583035 9780203583036 9786610074112 6610074119 9780415317146 0415317142 0415555000 9780415555005 1280074116 9781280074110 1134372027 9781134372027 1134372019 9781134372010 |