Classical Myth in Medieval Ireland

Explores medieval Irish interest in Classical mythology and historiography and how it could be situated within the framework of Christian salvation history.


From allusions to the Olympians in seventh-century glosses to twelfth- and thirteenth-century vernacular adaptations of the epics of Vergil, Lucan, and Statius, Irish authors creatively re-imagined Greco-Roman mythology throughout the Middle Ages. They developed many strategies for situating the Classical deities within medieval Christia...