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Release : 2007-03-15
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae written by . This book was released on 2007-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.