| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; The traditional Arthur; The 'Sarmatian connexion' theory; A first Arktouros: King Arkas of Arcadia; Arktouros II: the evidence from folktale; Ardus, 'greatest of knights': a first Artus-figure; Some ancient Gawain-figures, and an elusive Lancelot; Holy Graals and circular objects; Tristan and Thraetaona: the Tristan legend in the East; Six Arthurs in search of a character; From Kambles to Camalis; More 'Bear's Son' heroes: Theseus, Achilles, Batraz, Alexander; Jack the Giant Killer and King Arthur; Toxaris' third tale. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Arthur, King.
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Arthur, King. |
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Tales -- Greece -- History and criticism.
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Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Legends.
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Arthurian romances -- Sources.
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Legends -- Greece.
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Great Britain -- Civilization -- Greek influences.
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 -- Legends.
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To 1066 |
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Electronic books.
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History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Legends.
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Sources.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anderson, Graham. King Arthur in antiquity. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415317142 (DLC) 2003046891 (OCoLC)52214494 |
| ISBN |
0203583035 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203583036 (electronic bk.) |
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0415317142 (Cloth) |
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