Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae

Author: Apollodorus
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 9780872208209
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
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.

Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae

Author: Apollodorus (Atheniensis.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : la
Pages : 247

Book Description

Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae

Author:
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603840524
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325

The Library of Greek Mythology

Author: Apollodorus
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192839244
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
A new translation of an important text for Greek mythology used as a source book by classicists from antiquity to Robert Graves, The Library of Greek Mythology is a complete summary of early Greek myth, telling the story of each of the great families of heroic mythology, and the various adventures associated with the main heroes and heroines, from Jason and Perseus to Heracles and Helen of Troy. Using the ancient system of detailed histories of the great families, it contains invaluable genealogical diagrams for maximum clarity.

Apollodorus

Author: Apollodorus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478

Book Description

Anthology of Classical Myth

Author: Stephen M. Trzaskoma
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1624664997
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
This new edition of Anthology of Classical Myth offers selections from key Near Eastern texts—the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish), and Atrahasis; the Hittite Song of Emergence; and the flood story from the book of Genesis—thereby enabling students to explore the many similarities between ancient Greek and Mesopotamian mythology and enhancing its reputation as the best and most complete collection of its kind.

The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology

Author: Robin Hard
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317228065
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 647

Book Description
Now in its eighth edition, this magisterial work offers a comprehensive survey of the stories of Greek myth, from the Olympian gods, through the lesser gods and deities, to the heroes, adventures, and foundation myths of the ancient Greek world. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology sets out to provide a comprehensive history of the divine order and mythical prehistory of Greece, as systematized on a genealogical basis by Hesiod and the ancient mythographers, while also taking into account the ways in which individual myths have changed and evolved over time in different genres of literature. This new edition has been extensively rewritten and reorganized to make it more accessible to readers who may have no particular knowledge of the ancient world and Greek mythology, and to ensure that information on each myth or mythical figure is easy to find within the book. This new edition of the handbook continues to offer an essential reference resource for all students of Greek mythology, and it provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of these stories for anyone with an interest in the classical world.

Helen of Troy

Author: Ruby Blondell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190263539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Helen of Troy engages with the ancient origins of the persistent anxiety about female beauty, focusing on this key figure from ancient Greek culture in a way that both extends our understanding of that culture and provides a useful perspective for reconsidering aspects of our own.

Constellation Myths

Author: Eratosthenes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198716982
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
This translation brings together ancient classical texts derived from Eratosthenes' handbook of astral mythology, Hyginus' guide to astronomy, and Aratus's astronomical poem Phaenomena to provide a complete collection of Greek astral myths.

The Homeric Hymns

Author: Erwin Cook
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421411334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183

Book Description
A rich source for students of Greek mythology and literature, the Homeric hymns are also fine poetry. Attributed by the ancients to Homer, these prooimia, or preludes, were actually composed over centuries and used by poets to prepare for the singing or recitation of longer portions of the Homeric epics. In his acclaimed translations of the hymns, Apostolos Athanassakis preserves the essential simplicity of the original Greek, offering a straightforward, line-by-line translation that makes no attempts to masquerade or modernize. For this long-awaited new edition, Athanassakis enhances his classic work with a comprehensive index, careful and selective changes in the translations themselves, and numerous additions to the notes which will enrich the reader's experience of these ancient and influential poems.