Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race - Knowledge Rush

382 Myths and Legends of the Celtic RaceCELTS. Term first found in Hecatæus;equivalent, Hyperboreans, 17;Herodotus and dwelling-place of, 17;Aristotle and, 17;Hellanicus of Lesbos and, 17;Ephorus and, 17;Plato and, 17;their attack on Rome, a landmark of ancient history, 18;described by Dr. T. Rice Holmes, 18, 19;dominion of, over Mid-Europe, Gaul, Spain, and the BritishIsles, 20;their place among these races, 20;Giraldus Cambrensis and, 21;Spain conquered from the Carthaginians by, 21;Northern Italy conquered from the Etruscans by, 21;Vergil and, 21;conquer the Illyrians, 21;alliance with the Greeks, 22;conquests of, in valleys of Danube and Po, 23;Alexander makes compact with, 23;national oath of, 24;welded into unity by Ambicatus, 25;defeat Romans, 26;Germanic peoples and, 26, 33;decorative motives derived from Greek art, 29;art of enamelling learnt by classical nations from, 30;burial rites practised by, 33;character, elements comprising, 36;Strabo's description of, 39;love of splendour and methods of warfare, 40;Polybius' description of warriors in battle of Clastidium, 41;their influence on European literature and philosophy, 49, 50;the Religion of the, 51-93;