Preface | p. ix |
Ancient Celtic Europe | |
Two Gaulish Religious Inscriptions | p. 1 |
The Tablet of Chamalieres | p. 2 |
The Tablet of Larzac | p. 3 |
The Classical Authors on the Ancient Celts | |
Pre-Posidonian Authors | p. 5 |
Hecataeus of Miletus | p. 5 |
Herodotus | p. 5 |
Plato | p. 6 |
Aristotle | p. 6 |
Ephorus | p. 6 |
Theopompus | p. 6 |
The Celts of the Balkans & Alexander the Great | p. 7 |
Sopater | p. 7 |
Phylarchus | p. 8 |
Anonymous poet | p. 8 |
Polybius | p. 8 |
Pseudo-Scymnus | p. 9 |
Nicander of Colophon | p. 10 |
The Posidonian Tradition | |
Athenaeus | p. 10 |
Diodorus Siculus | p. 12 |
Strabo | p. 15 |
Julius Caesar | p. 20 |
The Gauls' Invasion of Rome (Livy) | p. 26 |
The Gauls' Invasion of Greece (Justin) | p. 28 |
The Classical Authors on the Druids | p. 30 |
The Skull Cup (Livy) | p. 36 |
The Foundation of Gaul (Diodorus) | p. 37 |
The Foundation of Marseilles | p. 38 |
King Catumandus and the Dream-Vision of the War-Goddess (Justin) | p. 39 |
The Poisoned Libation | p. 40 |
Ancient Celtic Women Leaders | |
Onomaris | p. 42 |
Boudica | p. 43 |
Veleda (Tacitus) | p. 44 |
Cartimandua (Tacitus) | p. 45 |
Ireland before St Patrick (Avienus, Strabo, Isidorus, Tacitus, Ptolemy, Solinus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Pacatus, Jerome, Symmachus, Claudian) | p. 46 |
Early Irish and Hiberno-Latin Sources | |
Early Irish Dynastic Poetry | p. 51 |
Mess-Telmann | p. 52 |
Bressual Beoliach | p. 52 |
Nidu dir dermait | p. 53 |
Nuadu Necht | p. 54 |
Moen Oen | p. 57 |
Mara galgata | p. 58 |
Lug sceith | p. 58 |
Eochu art ara chridethar cathrai | p. 58 |
Tales from the Ulster Cycle | p. 59 |
The Conception of Conchobor son of Nes | p. 59 |
An Anecdote about Athairne in Bretha Nemed | p. 63 |
Athairne's Greediness | p. 64 |
Athairne & Amairgen | p. 65 |
Cu Chulainn & Senbecc | p. 66 |
Cu Chulainn & Fedelm | p. 67 |
The Story of Mac Da Tho's Pig & Hound | p. 68 |
Bricriu's Feast | p. 76 |
The Intoxication of the Ulstermen | p. 106 |
The Adventure of Nera | p. 127 |
The Death of Loegaire Buadach | p. 132 |
The Death of Fergus Mac Roich | p. 133 |
The Death of Cu Chulainn | p. 134 |
Mythological Tales of Pre-Christian Kings | p. 144 |
The Origin of Dowth | p. 144 |
The Taking of the Hollow Hill | p. 145 |
The Wooing of Etain | p. 146 |
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel | p. 166 |
The Adventure of Cormac Grandson of Conn | p. 184 |
Wisdom Literature: The Testament of Morann | p. 188 |
Selections from the Finn Cycle | p. 194 |
The Boyhood Deeds of Finn | p. 194 |
Severed Heads at Feasts | p. 201 |
The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon | p. 203 |
Patrician Texts from the Book of Armagh (Excerpts) | p. 209 |
The Death of Diarmait Mac Cerbaill | p. 212 |
Tales of Mongan | p. 217 |
The First Utterance of Ai Son of Ollam | p. 222 |
The Story of Tuan Son of Cairell | p. 223 |
The Book of Invasions | p. 226 |
The Birth of Aed Slaine | p. 272 |
Fingal Ronain | p. 274 |
The Story of Mis and Dubh Rois | p. 282 |
From Giraldus Cambrensis's Topographia Hibernie | p. 286 |
Brittonic and Brittonic Latin Sources, Mostly Welsh | |
Historia Brittonum | p. 289 |
Early Welsh Heroic Poetry | p. 304 |
The Elegy of Cunedag | p. 304 |
Poems Mentioning Arthur | p. 307 |
Gereint fil. Erbin | p. 308 |
Preiddeu Annwvyn | p. 309 |
Pa Gur yv y Porthaur? | p. 311 |
The Death-Song of Uthyr Ben | p. 314 |
Trawsganu Kynan Garwyn | p. 315 |
Y Gododdin | p. 318 |
Poems & Tales Relating to Uryen of Reget & His Dynasty, The Kynverching | p. 356 |
Gweith Gwen Ystrat | p. 356 |
Uryen Erechwydd | p. 357 |
Canu Taliesin V | p. 359 |
Gweith Argoet Llwyfein | p. 361 |
Arise, Reget, glory of kings! | p. 362 |
Yspeil Taliessin | p. 364 |
The Saga Englynion about Uryen's Head & Corpse | p. 366 |
The Soul of Owein Son of Uryen | p. 368 |
Three Welsh Texts Pertaining to Modron, Mabon, & The Kynverching Dynasty | p. 368 |
Poems about Cadwallon Son of Cadfan | p. 372 |
Poetry Relating to Cynddylan | p. 378 |
Marwnad Cynddylan | p. 378 |
Canu Heledd | p. 381 |
Bryein Eccluys Teliau | p. 384 |
The Poetry of Llywarch Hen | p. 385 |
Two Breton Foundation Legends | p. 405 |
The Martial Eulogy of Iudic-hael | p. 409 |
Special Names and Terms | p. 411 |
Index | p. 420 |
Previously Published Material | p. 428 |
Map section | p. 429 |
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