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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 between these ancient kings and the traditional Arthurian characters and adventures, exhuming an ancient Gawain-figure, an ancient Lady of Shalott and a predecessor of Excalibur. These earlier Arthurs indicate a wide range of traditional features already in place: hero of 'bear's son' type, rescuer of damsels in distress, transmitter of divine agriculture, 'greatest of knights', founder of a 'Table', king and national icon, and survivor after death. This radical reassessment of the Arthurian legends provides a new perspective on an age-old historical puzzle and will provoke debate amongst Classical and Medieval scholars and Arthurian enthusiasts.
Routledge; September 2003
224 pages; ISBN 9780203583036
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224 pages; ISBN 9780203583036
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Subject categories
- Academic > History > History of Great Britain > England > History > Antiquities. Social life and customs. Ethnography > Early and medieval to 1485
- Academic > History > History of Great Britain > British Empire. Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth
- Literary Criticism > Medieval
- History > World
- History > Medieval
- Folklore & Mythology
- Religion
ISBNs
9781134372027
9781134372010
9780415317146
9780203583036
0203583035

