Our English antiquaries assume, that the word Celtica, in this passage, was used with the same meaning as by Strabo and his contemporaries, or, in other words, that it signified Gaul, and they conclude that the island was Britain, and the round temple... The Archaeological Journal - Page 1381851Full view - About this book
| Jabez Allies - Folklore - 1852 - 532 pages
...stated that there is " a passage in Diodorus Siculus, which appears to have been taken from Hecataeus of Abdera, who flourished about three centuries before...they conclude that the island was Britain, and the Bound Temple Stonehenge, or Avebury, or the Rolrich Circle, according to the particular hypothesis... | |
| Jabez Allies - Folklore - 1852 - 534 pages
...stated that there is " a passage in Diodorus Siculus, which appears to have been taken from Hecataens of Abdera, who flourished about three centuries before...meaning as by Strabo and his contemporaries ; or, iu other words, that it signified Gaul ; and they conclude that the island was Britain, and the Round... | |
| Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - Historic buildings - 1854 - 352 pages
...their judicial assemblies, like the Gaulish temple, " in finibus Carnutum,2 quse regio totius Gallise media habetur ? " May not Stonehenge have been the...and the round temple Stonehenge, or Avebury, or the llolrich circle, according to the particular hypothesis they are interested in supporting. Swedish... | |
| Edwin Guest - Ethnology - 1883 - 570 pages
...on the authority of a passage in Diodorus Siculus, which appears to have been taken from Hecataeus of Abdera, who flourished about three centuries before...island was Britain, and the round temple Stonehenge, or 1 Caes.BG6.1J. Does not the name of Carrottes mean the people of Car-nuf, in modern Welsh, Caer nawdd,... | |
| Edwin Guest - Ethnology - 1883 - 570 pages
...on the authority of a passage in Diodorus Siculus, which appears to have been taken from Hecataeus of Abdera, who flourished about three centuries before...island was Britain, and the round temple Stonehenge, or 1 Caes. BG 6. 13. Does not the name of Carmttes mean the people of Car-nut, in modern Welsh, Caer nawdd,... | |
| Edwin Guest - Ethnology - 1883 - 576 pages
...on the authority of a passage in Diodorus Siculus, which appears to have been taken from Hecataeus of Abdera, who flourished about three centuries before...island was Britain, and the round temple Stonehenge, or 1 Caes. BG 6.13. Does not the name of Carnules mean the people of Car-nut, in modern Welsh, Caer nawdd,... | |
| Charles Wilkins - Wales - 1884 - 604 pages
...Abdera, who flourished three centuries before Christ, stating that among the Hyperboreans there was a round temple dedicated to Apollo, and situated in an island opposite Celtica. Celtica was the name which Strabo and his contemporaries used for Gaul or France. The island opposite... | |
| Charles Wilkins - Wales - 1884 - 726 pages
...Abdera, who flourished three centuries before Christ, stating that among the Hyperboreans there was a round temple dedicated to Apollo, and situated in an island opposite Celtica. Celtica was the name which Strabo and his contemporaries used for Gaul or France. The island opposite... | |
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