'Intriguing, wide-ranging and highly informative ... Rankin's strength is his evidently wide, admiring and scholarly acquaintance with more recent Celtic mythology, ethnography and literature.' - Times Literary Supplement'The book is an absolute delight for those who are interested in ancient Celtic civilization. In fact, it is a long time since I have enjoyed a book in this field so thoroughly.' - The Irish Democrat'This book is a must-have for the serious Celtphile.' - New Age Retailer

• 1 Origins, Languages and Associations, 2 Massilia, an Early Contact, 3 Notices in Some Fourth Century BC Authors, 4 Anthropology and Heroics, 5 The Second Finest Hour of Hellas, 6 Tumult, Prejudice and Assimilation: Rome and the Gauls, 7 Cisalpine Literary Talent, 8 Celts and Iberians, 9 The Galatians, 10 The Celts in Greco-Roman Art, 11 Britain, a Source of Disquiet, 12 Ausonius and the Civilisation of Later Roman Gaul, 13 Celtic Women in the Classical World, 14 Religion and the Druids, 15 Concluding Speculations, Appendix: The Romans and Ireland, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index

'Intriguing, wide-ranging and highly informative ... Rankin's strength is his evidently wide, admiring and scholarly acquaintance with more recent Celtic mythology, ethnography and literature.' - Times Literary Supplement'The book is an absolute delight for those who are interested in ancient Celtic civilization. In fact, it is a long time since I have enjoyed a book in this field so thoroughly.' - The Irish Democrat'This book is a must-have for the serious Celtphile.' - New Age Retailer

• 1 Origins, Languages and Associations, 2 Massilia, an Early Contact, 3 Notices in Some Fourth Century BC Authors, 4 Anthropology and Heroics, 5 The Second Finest Hour of Hellas, 6 Tumult, Prejudice and Assimilation: Rome and the Gauls, 7 Cisalpine Literary Talent, 8 Celts and Iberians, 9 The Galatians, 10 The Celts in Greco-Roman Art, 11 Britain, a Source of Disquiet, 12 Ausonius and the Civilisation of Later Roman Gaul, 13 Celtic Women in the Classical World, 14 Religion and the Druids, 15 Concluding Speculations, Appendix: The Romans and Ireland, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index

'Intriguing, wide-ranging and highly informative ... Rankin's strength is his evidently wide, admiring and scholarly acquaintance with more recent Celtic mythology, ethnography and literature.' - Times Literary Supplement'The book is an absolute delight for those who are interested in ancient Celtic civilization. In fact, it is a long time since I have enjoyed a book in this field so thoroughly.' - The Irish Democrat'This book is a must-have for the serious Celtphile.' - New Age Retailer

• 1 Origins, Languages and Associations, 2 Massilia, an Early Contact, 3 Notices in Some Fourth Century BC Authors, 4 Anthropology and Heroics, 5 The Second Finest Hour of Hellas, 6 Tumult, Prejudice and Assimilation: Rome and the Gauls, 7 Cisalpine Literary Talent, 8 Celts and Iberians, 9 The Galatians, 10 The Celts in Greco-Roman Art, 11 Britain, a Source of Disquiet, 12 Ausonius and the Civilisation of Later Roman Gaul, 13 Celtic Women in the Classical World, 14 Religion and the Druids, 15 Concluding Speculations, Appendix: The Romans and Ireland, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index