The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Index Database

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All subjects (including unvalidated):

subject	book bibliographic info
druids	Gruen (2011) 144, 146, 156, 158 Isaac (2004) 422, 423, 424 Jenkyns (2013) 248, 249 Luck (2006) 70, 310 Rohmann (2016) 265, 273 Taylor (2012) 25
druids, accused of cannibalism	Isaac (2004) 208
druids, ammianus, on	Isaac (2004) 424
druids, among them, britons	Isaac (2004) 423, 424
druids, and human sacrifice	Isaac (2004) 422, 475
druids, attacked on mona, anglesey, in ad	Isaac (2004) 60, 424
druids, banned by claudius, ?	Isaac (2004) 422
druids, banned by tiberius	Isaac (2004) 228, 422
druids, diodorus on	Isaac (2004) 422
druids, germans, had no	Isaac (2004) 427
druids, not present among germans	Isaac (2004) 427
druids, reappear in ad	Isaac (2004) 70

List of validated texts:

3 validated results for "druids"

1. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Druids • druids

Found in books: Gruen (2011) 146; Rosa and Santangelo (2020) 129

2. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 5.32.3-5.32.4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • cannibalism, Druids accused of • druids

Found in books: Gruen (2011) 144; Isaac (2004) 208

5.32.3. \xa0The most savage peoples among them are those who dwell beneath the Bears and on the borders of Scythia, and some of these, we are told, eat human beings, even as the Britons do who dwell on Iris, as it is called. 5.32.4. \xa0And since the valour of these peoples and their savage ways have been famed abroad, some men say that it was they who in ancient times overran all Asia and were called Cimmerians, time having slightly corrupted the word into the name of Cimbrians, as they are now called. For it has been their ambition from old to plunder, invading for this purpose the lands of others, and to regard all men with contempt.''. None

3. Strabo, Geography, 4.4.4
Tagged with subjects: • Druids • Druids, Diodorus on • Druids, and human sacrifice • Druids, banned by Claudius(?) • Druids, banned by Tiberius • druids

Found in books: Gruen (2011) 156; Isaac (2004) 422

4.4.4. Amongst the Gauls there are generally three divisions of' men especially reverenced, the Bards, the Vates, and the Druids. The Bards composed and chanted hymns; the Vates occupied themselves with the sacrifices and the study of nature; while the Druids joined to the study of nature that of moral philosophy. The belief in the justice of the Druids is so great that the decision both of public and private disputes is referred to them; and they have before now, by their decision, prevented armies from engaging when drawn up in battle-array against each other. All cases of murder are particularly referred to them. When there is plenty of these they imagine there will likewise be a plentiful harvest. Both these and the others assert that the soul is indestructible, and likewise the world, but that sometimes fire and sometimes water have prevailed in making great changes."". None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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