num_pages: 328
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.
language: English
title: Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Myths: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology
titlecomplete: Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Myths: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology
genres: Mythology, Greece, Reference, Literature, Poetry, Amazon, Classics, History, Ancient
ratings_count: 87
publisher: Hackett Publ. Co Inc