King Arthur in Antiquity
Author | : Graham Anderson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2004-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134372027 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134372027 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Download or read book King Arthur in Antiquity written by Graham Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.