Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae
Title | Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | 325 |
Release | 2007-03-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1603840524 |
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
Title | Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae PDF eBook |
Author | Apollodorus |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780872208209 |
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
Title | Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae PDF eBook |
Author | Apollodorus (Atheniensis.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 247 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
ApollodorusÕ Library and HyginusÕ Fabulae
Title | ApollodorusÕ Library and HyginusÕ Fabulae PDF eBook |
Author | Apollodorus & Hyginus |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | 325 |
Release | 2007-03-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1603843272 |
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 twos 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
Title | Apollodorus PDF eBook |
Author | Apollodorus (of Athens.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 478 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Bibliography |
ISBN |
The Library of Greek Mythology
Title | The Library of Greek Mythology PDF eBook |
Author | Apollodorus |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780192839244 |
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.
Helen of Troy
Title | Helen of Troy PDF eBook |
Author | Ruby Blondell |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 308 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190263539 |
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.