G EOGRAPHICALLY, Greece and Scandinavia are not far apart; and yet, to those who have studied only the red, and sometimes hysterical, annals of the priestly chroniclers of the eighth and ninth centuries, as found in the British Isles, or the histories based on them, culturally the Greeks and the Vikings seem to have been separated by a veritable Ginungagap as wide as that which divides refinement from barbarism. It is understandable, therefore, that the implications of the title, that anything in the ideals or philosophies of Greece and Scandinavia of ancient times can be comparable, will, at first glance, inspire skepticism in places where the literature and philosophy of the sunny southlands of Europe have been the objects of special and exclusive study. Indeed, if it be permissible to refer to the commonly accepted texts on the history of thought and philosophy, the paucity or total want of reference to ancient Scandinavia justifies the statement that these learned writers are not even aware of the indubitable fact that this virile people not only did reflect upon matters other than the arts of war, but possessed a distinct moral philosophy which was rather clearly reflected in the life of the common man as well as in the customary law of the time.