History and Antiquities of the Doric Race

A pioneering history of the Dorians by an influential German scholar, first published in English in 1830.

Carl Otfried Müller (Author), Henry Tufnell (Translated by), George Cornewall Lewis (Translated by)

9781108011099, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 July 2010

604 pages, 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 3.4 cm, 0.76 kg

This two-volume book, originally published in German in 1824, was revised, corrected and enlarged for this 1830 English translation. Carl Otfried Müller (1797–1840) was a pioneering scholar of ancient civilisations and Greek mythology, who taught at Göttingen for twenty years, but died in Greece during an archaeological expedition. This first volume focuses on the history of the Dorians from the earliest times to the end of the Peloponnesian War. Müller proposes Mount Olympus as the original home of the Dorians, and describes their subsequent migrations and their principles of government. The second part of Volume 1 is devoted to the religion and mythology of the Dorians and gives detailed accounts of the temples of Apollo and other temples in Asia Minor. The final two chapters discuss the legends and mythology of Hercules.

Introduction
Book I. History of the Doric race, from the earliest times to the end of the Pelopponesian War
Book II. Religion and mythology of the Dorians.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]