THE ACADEMY FOR ANCIENT TEXTS

>>The sole purpose of this website is to provide the largest on-line library of ancient texts in the world. This includes, but is not limited to, religious, metaphysical, mythological, philosophical, and historical texts.

Currently, there are many websites on the web that contain specialized ancient texts such as www.sacred-texts.com . It is my dream that these texts, which are in the public domain, can all be brought together in one place so you, the reader, can easily get the material you're seeking. It is a massive undertaking, one that will undoubtedly take many years to complete. Besides compiling what's readily available, there is still much work to be done in translating and transcribing those texts which are still housed in libraries such as the S.Liddell MacGregor Matthews library, and L'Arsenal de Bibliotheque in Paris, France. We hope to be able to send a team of translators to such places to continue the work, there.

We have several hundred texts and documents waiting to be coded. There's just a smattering of texts, online, at the moment, (about 2,000). Many of these texts have been transcribed, scanned, and formatted by www.sacred-texts.com as well as many others whose links you will find at the tops of various pages. I am extremely thankful that these people have been kind enough to present their work to the public for non-commercial use, and to those who have allowed us to use their copyrighted material. If you would like to contribute e-texts to us, or have comments about the site, please write to us at texts@ancienttexts.org.<<

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Table of Contents

Also see:The Latin Library Over 2000 texts in Latin.

Adapa and the Food of Life The Adventures of Art son of Conn The Adventure of the Churlish Clown in the Grey-Drab Coat The Adventures of Connla The Adventures of Nera, or, the Cattle-Raid of Angen The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon Alcibiades 1 Apology Arthur and the Eagle Ath Cliath Cualann: Dublin The Auguries of the Year The Battle of Cen Abrad The Battle of Magh Mucrama The Battle of the Trees Beowulf The Beheading of John the Baptist by Mogh Ruith Bend Boirche Bile Tortan Bhagavad Gita The Birth of Aedh Slaine The Birth of Conchobhar The Birth of Cormac, Version 2 The Birth of Cú Chulainn The Black Book of Carmarthen Boand: the Boyne River The Book of Aneurin The Book of Enoch The Book of Invasions: Irish Texts Society The Book of Taliesin The Book of Invasions: The Book of Leinster Version The Boyhood Deeds of CuChulainn (Hull,Eleanor,Standish Hayes O' Grady trans.,The Cuchullin Saga,(London 1898),pp.135-154.) The Boyhood Deeds of Cú Chulainn (Tom Cross and Harris Slover. NY: Barnes and Noble, 1996. reprint.) The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn Branwen Daughter of Llyr Brugh na Bóinne: Newgrange Carn Mail The Cattle-Raid of Fraech The Cattle-Raid of Regamna The Cattle-Raid of Regamon The Cause of the Battle of Cnucha Celibe Charmides The Code of Hammurabi Cnogba: Knowth The Colloquy of the Two Sages Corpus Hermetica Cratylus Critias Crith Gabhlach: An Early Legal Poem Crito Culhwch and Olwen The Death of Celtchar The Death of Conchobar The Death of Cormac mac Airt The Death of Cuchulain The Death of Crimthann The Death of Cynddylan The Death of Dermot The Death of Drudwas The Death of Fionn The Death of Maelgwn Gwynedd, The Death of Muircertach mac Erca The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages The Debility of the Ulstermen The Descent of Ishtar Into the Lower World The Descent of the Men of the North The Destruction of Dind Rig The Disappearance of Caenchomrac The Dream of Maxen The Dream of Oengus The Dream of Rhonabwy The Driving of Flidais' Cattle The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred Dubad: Dowth Egyptian Book of the Dead(The Book of Coming Forth) Emerald Tablet The Enchanted Cave of Keshcorran EnumaElish The Enumeration of Finn's People Eo Rossa, Eo Mugna Epic of Gilgamesh The Executioner of John the Baptist The Fairy-Palace of the Rowan Trees The Fate of the Children of Lir The Fate of the Children of Turenn Finn and the Man in the Tree The Five Munsters The Fosterage of the House of Two Milk-pails The Frenzy of Conn Gereint and Enid Gorgias Grianan an Aileach The Heroic Birth of Cormac, Version 1 The Hiding of the Hill of Howth How Finn Found Knowledge How Ronan Slew His Son The Hills of Tlachtga The History of Taliesin The History of Peredur The Instructions of King Cormac Ion The Juvencus Englynion King March's Ears King Urien and Modron Laches Laeghaire mac Crimthann’s visit to the fairy realm Lebor Gabala Errin(Book of Invasions)Lesser Hippias The Life of St. Kieran The Little Brawl at the Hill of Almhain Lludd and Lleuelys Lysis Mabinogion Magh Sleacht: The Plain of Adoration, or, Cromh Cruach Melwas and Gwenhyvar Version One Melwas and Gwenhyfer Version Two Manawyddan son of Llyr Math son of Mathonwy Mide Myrddin Wyllt Nas The North Britain Triads Nynniaw and Peibaw The Ode of the Months The Ogham Tract from the Leabhar Baile an Mhota The Tract on the Kingship of Ireland Cormac's Glossary The Fitness of Names On the Loss of a Pet GooseThe Heavy Hosting of Guaire Owain, or, the Lady of the Fountain The Panegyric of Cormac mac Airt and the Death of Finn The Peniarth 54 Triads The Phantom Chariot of Cú Chulainn The Phantom's Frenzy, or, the Vision of Conn the Hundred-Fighter Pwyll Lord of Dyfed The Quarrel of Arthur and Huail, and the Death of Huail ap Caw The Quarrel of Rhun ap Maelgwn and Elidir Mwynfawr The Questions of Catwg the Wise The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle Rath Crinna Rath Mor of Mag Line The Red Book of Hergest (including Guest's Mabinogion, the Triads, and poetry) The Red Book of Hergest Triads Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Rule of Cormac mac Culennan The Second Battle of Magh Turedh Sephir Yetzirah The Settling of the Manor of Tara The Seven Evils The Shadow-House of Lugh (poem) Sinend: the Shannon River The Shepherd of Myddfai Slaine St. Collen and Gwyn ap Nudd The Stanza on Mabon ap Modron's Grave The Stanza on Merlin's Grave The Stanzas of Wise Sayings The Story of Aedh Baclamh Tailtiu: The Fair of Teltown The Tale of Liban the Mermaid and the Death of Eochaid The Tale of the Ordeals: Cormac's Adventures in the Land of PromiseTales of Mongan Temhair: Tara Hill The Testament of Morann The Three Drinking-horns of Cormac ua Cuinn The Tidings of Conchobar son of Ness The Tidings of Moshaulum Tlachtga Tonn Clinda The Tragic Death of Connla, or, the Death of Aoife's Only Son The Tragic Death of Cu Roi mac Dairi The Tragic Death of Fergus mac Leide Treatise on the Emerald Tablet Trystan and Esyllt The Twenty-Four Knights of King Arthur's Two Poems of Columbcille Umall Upanishads The Voyage of Bran mac Febral; The Wooing of Becfola The Wooing of Emer The Wooing of Etain The Yew Tree of the Disputing Sons and the Decision as to Cuchulain's Sword