Texts

Romul ocus Remul

  • Middle Irish
  • prose
  • Medieval Irish literary adaptations
Story of the birth of Romulus and Remus.
Title
No title.
First words (prose)
  • Ceist cia cetnaro-ordaig míssu hi tossach
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Medieval Irish literary adaptationsMedieval Irish literary adaptations
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Freeman, Philip M., “A Middle Irish version of the Romulus and Remus story”, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 11 — 1991 (1993): 1–13.
[ed.] Strachan, John [ed.], “Romulus and Remus”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 3, Halle and Dublin, 1910. 46.
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Secondary sources (select)

Freeman, Philip M., “A Middle Irish version of the Romulus and Remus story”, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 11 — 1991 (1993): 1–13.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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February 2013, last updated: January 2024