ApollodorusÕ Library and HyginusÕ FabulaeHackett Publishing, Mar 1, 2007 - 328 pages 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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Contents
Apollodorus Library Book 1 | 1 |
Book 2 | 20 |
Book 3 | 44 |
Epitome | 72 |
Hyginus Fabulae | 95 |
Endnotes to Apollodorus Library | 183 |
Endnotes to Hyginus Fabulae | 188 |
Excerpt from PseudoDositheus | 193 |
General Index | 196 |
| 239 | |
| 246 | |
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Common terms and phrases
Achilles Adrastos Agamemnon Agenor Aigeus Amphitryon Antiope Apollo Apollodorus Argonauts Argos asked Athamas Athens Atreus became Bibliotheke boar brother brought bull Cadmos called Centaurs chariot Colchis Creon Crete Danaos Danaus daughter death Deianira Deucalion Diana died Diomedes Epitome Eteocles Eurystheus Eurytion exile Fabulae father fell in love gave birth Genealogies gods Greek grew Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Hesiod horse Hyginus Idas island Jason Juno Jupiter Jupiter’s killed king king’s kingdom land Laomedon later Latin lineage Lycus Lynceus manuscripts married Medea Menelaos Minerva Minos mother Mount Mycenae myth mythographic Neptune nymph Oceanos Odysseus Oedipus Oeneus Oineus oracle Orestes Pandion Peleus Pelias Pelopia Pelops Perseus Phrixus Polynices Poseidon Priam Prometheus promised river sacrifice sailed sent serpent ships slept sons stories suitors Thebes Theseus threw thunderbolt Thyestes told took translation Trojan Troy turned Tydeus Tyndareos Ulysses wanted wife Zeus
Bibliographic information
| Title | ApollodorusÕ Library and HyginusÕ Fabulae |
| Authors | Apollodorus & Hyginus, R. Scott Smith, Stephen M. Trzaskoma |
| Publisher | Hackett Publishing, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1603843272, 9781603843270 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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