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NEW PAGES AND UPDATES: JANUARY 2022
Saturday 29th January 2022
Added lists of founders of the Football Association, Rugby Football Union and Northern Rugby Union.
Friday 28th January 2022
THE TALE OF MADOC
The story of the Welsh prince Madoc (or Madog) ap Owain Gwynedd and his westward voyage has come to be well-known, especially in those circles of people who allege pre-Columbian European contact with the Americas.
LEARN MOREThursday 27th January 2022
ENGLISH FOOTBALL (SOCCER)
A starter section including a men's roll of honour, men's and women's league structures and league tables for the 2010s.
LEARN MORESunday 23rd January 2022
ANTILLIA
Contains new information on the ixola otinticha of Andrea Bianco's 1448 map and Abraham Ortelius' Psitacorum regio.
LEARN MORESaturday 15th January 2022
Many thanks to Austin Diamond for your kind words. It means a great deal that my efforts on this site are appreciated. I'm extremely grateful for your getting in touch. Wishing you and yours all the very best for 2022!
Wednesday 12th January 2022
WHERE IS ATLANTIS
Updated with more information on the Pillars of Heracles.
LEARN MORESunday 9th January 2022
HERODOTUS ON EXPEDITIONS OUTSIDE THE PILLARS OF HERACLES
Herodotus gives a number of accounts of explorations by the Egyptians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Persians and Greek sailors of Phocaea and Samos.
LEARN MORESunday 9th January 2022
HANNO AND HIMILCO: CARTHAGINIAN EXPLORERS IN CLASSICAL SOURCES
This page features translations of classical works ascribed to or describing the voyages of Carthaginian explorers such as Hanno, Himilco and Magus.
LEARN MOREWednesday 5th January 2022
HESIOD'S THEOGONY
This page presents H.G. Evelyn-White's translation of the Theogony of the Boeotian poet Hesiod, written in the early 7th century BC.
LEARN MOREMonday 3rd January 2022
ECHTRA MAC NECHDACH MUGMEDÓIN
The tale of Niall Noígíallach and how he gained the High Kingship of Ireland for his progeny at the expense of his half-brothers.
LEARN MORESunday 2nd January 2022
PHANTOM CONTINENTS: MEROPIS, PANCHAEA AND MORE
An anthology of various classical sources - Theopompus, Plutarch, Cicero and Euhemerus among them - on various phantom continents and islands.
LEARN MORESunday 2nd January 2022
OVID'S METAMORPHOSES: THE TALE OF PHAETHON
This is the tragic story of Phaethon, son of the sun god, his fateful journey across the heavens and his ultimate demise as told by Ovid.
LEARN MORESunday 2nd January 2022
DIONYSIUS SKYTOBRACHION ON THE LIBYAN AMAZONS
A translation of Dionysius Skytobrachion's account of the Libyan Amazons, the Atlantians and Gorgons as preserved for posterity by Diodorus Siculus.
LEARN MORESunday 2nd January 2022
ATLANTIS: INDICES LOCORUM
I have added pages of texts referred to in the Atlantis section of this website. These are on the following pages: -
