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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Origin and Deeds of the Goths, by Jordanes, Translated by Charles C. Mierow This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Author: Jordanes Release Date: January 26, 2005 [eBook #14809] [Date last updated: July 5, 2006] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS *** E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, SuperCrispy, David King, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Transcriber's Note: The numbers in the right margin of the text are from the original book; although nothing in the book says so, it appears that they might be page numbers from the manuscript of which this is a translation. They are preserved in this transcription in the hope that they are indeed page numbers. THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS by JORDANES in English Version Part of a Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by CHARLES C. MIEROW Princeton 1908 NOTE For the first time the story of the Goths recorded in the _Getica_ of Jordanes, a Christian Goth who wrote his account in the year 551, probably in Constantinople, is now put in English form, as part of an edition of the _Getica_ prepared by Mr. Mierow. Those who care for the romance of history will be charmed by this great tale of a lost cause and will not find the simple-hearted exaggerations of the eulogist of the Gothic race misleading. He pictured what he believed or wanted to believe, and his employment of fable and legend, as well as the naive exhibition of his loyal prejudices, merely heightens the interest of his story. Those who want coldly scientific narrative should avoid reading Jordanes, but should likewise remember the truthful, words of Delbrueck: "Legende und Poesie malen darum noch nicht falsch, weil sie mit anderen Farben malen als die Historie. Sie reden nur eine andere Sprache, und es handelt sich darum, aus dieser richtig ins Historische zu uebersetzen." ANDREW F. WEST. PREFACE The following version of the Getica of Jordanes is based
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