Apollodorus, 'Library' and Hyginus, 'Myths': Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology

by StephenM.Trzaskoma (Translator), R.ScottSmith (Translator), Apollodorus (Author), Hyginus (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $20.76

  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.