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Sep 16, 2009Deirdre rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Since the culture of the ancient Celts was mainly an oral one, one of our main sources for information about them remains an inspired foreigner who is largely forgotten today: the 1st-century Greek Stoic philosopher Posidonius (born ca. 135 BCE.) Fired by the ancient Greeks’ innovative concept of investigation as "autopsy" (literally, seeing something for oneself), Posidonius undertook an extraordinary journey of discovery to the then largely unknown Celtic lands of western Europe, recording his observations in a "History" that sadly no longer survives. But fortunately, in "The Philosopher and the Druids", Philip Freeman--holder of Harvard's first joint Ph.D. in Classics & Celtic Studies--reconstructs in deceptively simple yet erudite terms the epic journey & findings of Posidonius, as well as even earlier encounters between the Celts & the Greeks. I would highly recommend Freeman’s work to anyone interested in the formidable achievements of either of these two ancient civilizations.