Bibliography

Philip (Philip M.)
Freeman
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Freeman, Philip, Two lives of Saint Brigid, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2024.  
abstract:
St Brigid is the earliest and best-known of the female saints of Ireland. In the generation after St Patrick, she established a monastery for men and women at Kildare which became one of the most powerful and influential centres of the Church in early Ireland.The stories of Brigid’s life and deeds survive in several early sources, but the most important are two Latin Lives written a century or more after her death. The first was composed by a churchman named Cogitosus and tells of her many miracles of healing and helping the poor. The second source, known as the Vita Prima, continues the tradition with more tales of marvellous deeds and journeys throughout the island. Both Latin sources are a treasure house of information not just about the legends of Brigid but also about daily life, the role of women, and the spread of Christianity in Ireland.This book for the first time presents together an English translation of both the Life of Brigid by Cogitosus and the Vita Prima, along with the Latin text of both, carefully edited from the best medieval manuscripts. With an Introduction by Professor Freeman, this book makes these fascinating stories of St Brigid accessible to general readers, students and scholars.
abstract:
St Brigid is the earliest and best-known of the female saints of Ireland. In the generation after St Patrick, she established a monastery for men and women at Kildare which became one of the most powerful and influential centres of the Church in early Ireland.The stories of Brigid’s life and deeds survive in several early sources, but the most important are two Latin Lives written a century or more after her death. The first was composed by a churchman named Cogitosus and tells of her many miracles of healing and helping the poor. The second source, known as the Vita Prima, continues the tradition with more tales of marvellous deeds and journeys throughout the island. Both Latin sources are a treasure house of information not just about the legends of Brigid but also about daily life, the role of women, and the spread of Christianity in Ireland.This book for the first time presents together an English translation of both the Life of Brigid by Cogitosus and the Vita Prima, along with the Latin text of both, carefully edited from the best medieval manuscripts. With an Introduction by Professor Freeman, this book makes these fascinating stories of St Brigid accessible to general readers, students and scholars.
Freeman, Philip, The world of Saint Patrick, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Freeman, Philip, Ireland and the classical world, Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.


Contributions to journals

Freeman, Philip, “Lycian/Galatian Αρμεδυμνος”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 55 (2006): 56.
Freeman, Philip M., “The earliest Greek sources on the Celts”, Études Celtiques 32 (1996): 11–48.  
abstract:
[FR] Les plus anciennes sources grecques concernant les Celtes.
Depuis la fin du VIe s. avant J.-C. jusqu’à la fin du IVe s. avant J.-C., les auteurs grecs fournissent la documentation écrite la plus ancienne concernant les Celtes. Ces sources sont souvent courtes, quelquefois fragmentaires, mais sont les premières à évoquer des sujets tels que les mouvements tribaux des Celtes ; les coutumes rudimentaires et les manières de faire, ainsi que les activités militaires. L’article fournit un recueil complet de ces sources grecques anciennes, y compris la version dans la langue d’origine, les traductions et les commentaires de chaque passage.

[EN] The Greek writers of the late sixth century to the late fourth century BC provide the earliest documentary evidence concerning the ancient Celts. These sources are often short and occasionally fragmentary, but they are the first to discuss such topics as Celtic tribal movements, banqueting and drinking habits, and military activities. The following paper is a complete collection of these early Greek sources, including original language texts, translations, and commentaries on each passage.
Persée – Études Celtiques, vol. 32, 1996: <link>
abstract:
[FR] Les plus anciennes sources grecques concernant les Celtes.
Depuis la fin du VIe s. avant J.-C. jusqu’à la fin du IVe s. avant J.-C., les auteurs grecs fournissent la documentation écrite la plus ancienne concernant les Celtes. Ces sources sont souvent courtes, quelquefois fragmentaires, mais sont les premières à évoquer des sujets tels que les mouvements tribaux des Celtes ; les coutumes rudimentaires et les manières de faire, ainsi que les activités militaires. L’article fournit un recueil complet de ces sources grecques anciennes, y compris la version dans la langue d’origine, les traductions et les commentaires de chaque passage.

[EN] The Greek writers of the late sixth century to the late fourth century BC provide the earliest documentary evidence concerning the ancient Celts. These sources are often short and occasionally fragmentary, but they are the first to discuss such topics as Celtic tribal movements, banqueting and drinking habits, and military activities. The following paper is a complete collection of these early Greek sources, including original language texts, translations, and commentaries on each passage.
Freeman, Philip M., “Greek and Roman views of Ireland: a checklist”, Emania: Bulletin of the Navan Research Group 13 (1995): 11–13.
Freeman, Philip, “The archaeology of Roman material in Ireland”, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 15 (1995): 69–74.
Freeman, Philip M., “Visions from the dead in Herodotus, Nicander of Colophon, and the Táin bó Cúailnge”, Emania: Bulletin of the Navan Research Group 12 (1994): 45–48.
Freeman, Philip M., “A Middle Irish version of the Romulus and Remus story”, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 11 — 1991 (1993): 1–13.

Contributions to edited collections or authored works

Philip Freeman, “Caesar, Gaius Julius”, in: John T. Koch (ed.), Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia (2006): 323.
Freeman, Philip [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: John T. Koch, and John Carey (eds), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, 4th ed., 1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. [Various].
includes: Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 3. Hecatæus of Miletus s.v. Stephan of Byzantium ¶ Fragments 54–56’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 4. Herodotus History 2.33’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 5. Plato Laws 1.637d–e’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 6. Aristotle Politics 2.6.6; Nicomachean ethics 3.7.6–7; Eudemian ethics 3.1.25’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 7. Ephorus s.v. Strabo Geography 4.4.6’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 8. Theopompus s.v. Athenæus Deipnosophistae 10.443b–c’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors. The Celts of the Balkans and Alexander the Great: § 9. Ptolemy I s.v. Strabo 7.3.8’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 11. Sopater s.v. Athenæus Deipnosophistae 15.160e’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 12. Phylarchus s.v. Athenæus Deipnosophistae 4.150d–f’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 13. Anonymous poet Greek anthology 9.125’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 14. Polybius History’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 15. Pseudo-Scymnus Periplus 183–87’ • Philip Freeman, ‘Pre-Posidonian authors: § 16. Nicander of Colophon s.v. Tertullian De anima 57.10’ • Philip Freeman, ‘The Posidonian tradition: § 17. Athenæus Deipnosophistae’ • Philip Freeman, ‘The Posidonian tradition: § 18. Diodorus Siculus 5.27–32’ • Philip Freeman, ‘The Posidonian tradition: § 20. De bello Gallico 4.33; 5.12–16’ • Philip Freeman, ‘The Posidonian tradition. The Gauls’ invasion of Rome: § 21. Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 5’ • Philip Freeman, ‘The Posidonian tradition. The Gauls’ invasion of Greece: § 22. Marcus Junianus Justinus (Justin) Epitome of the Philippic history 24 of Pompeius Trogus’ • John T. Koch • Philip Freeman, ‘The classical authors on the druids: § 23. Diogenes Laertius Vitae, Intro.’ • John T. Koch • Philip Freeman, ‘The classical authors on the druids: § 24. Dion Chrysostom Orationis 49’ • John T. Koch • Philip Freeman, ‘The classical authors on the druids: § 25. Cicero De divinatione 1.41.90’ • John T. Koch • Philip Freeman, ‘The classical authors on the druids: § 26. Ammianus Marcellinus’ • John T. Koch • Philip Freeman, ‘The classical authors on the druids: § 27. Suetonius Claudius 25’ • John T. Koch • Philip Freeman, ‘The classical authors on the druids: § 28. Pomponius Mela De situ orbis 3.2.18–19’ • John T. Koch • Philip Freeman, ‘The classical authors on the druids: § 29. Pliny Natural history
FURTHER RESULTS…
Freeman, Philip, “Who were the Atecotti?”, in: Joseph Falaky Nagy (ed.), Identifying the 'Celtic', 2, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2002. 111–114.
Freeman, Philip M., “Elements of the Ulster Cycle in pre-Posidonian classical literature”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 207–216.