Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology

By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae--the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography--this volume enables readers to compare the two's versions of the most important Greek and Roman myths. A General Introduction sets the Library and Fabulae into the wider context of ancient mythography; introductions to each text discuss in greater detail issues of authorship, aim, and influence. A general index, an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers are also included.

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Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology

By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae--the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography--this volume enables readers to compare the two's versions of the most important Greek and Roman myths. A General Introduction sets the Library and Fabulae into the wider context of ancient mythography; introductions to each text discuss in greater detail issues of authorship, aim, and influence. A general index, an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers are also included.

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Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology

Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology

Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology

Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology

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By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae--the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography--this volume enables readers to compare the two's versions of the most important Greek and Roman myths. A General Introduction sets the Library and Fabulae into the wider context of ancient mythography; introductions to each text discuss in greater detail issues of authorship, aim, and influence. A general index, an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers are also included.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781603848664
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date: 03/15/2007
Series: Hackett Classics
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 328
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Stephen M. Trzaskoma is Professor of Classics, University of New Hampshire.

R. Scott Smith is Associate Professor of Classics, University of New Hampshire.


Stephen M. Trzaskoma is Associate Professor of Classics, The University of New Hampshire.
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