Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae

Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae
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Synopsis

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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2007 Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

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ISBN-13:
9781603848664
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Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
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Lugha:
English
Kategoria:
History, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality,
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