Anthology of classical myth
Subtitle: primary sources in translation
By: edited and and featuring new translations by Stephen M. Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, and Stephen Brunet ; with additional translations by other scholars ; an appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. Palaima.
Contributors: Trzaskoma, Stephen.; Smith, R. Scott, 1971-; Brunet, Stephen, 1954-; Palaima, Thomas G.
Publisher: Hackett Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 517
Subjects: Classical literature -- Translations into English.; Mythology, Classical -- Literary collections.; Mythology, Classical.
Genres: Translations into English.; Literary collections.
Description: This volume is designed as a companion to the standard undergraduate mythology textbooks or, when assigned alongside the central Greek and Roman works, as a source-based alternative to those textbooks. In addition to the complete texts of the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod's Theogony, this collection provides generous selections from over 50 texts composed between the Archaic Age and the fourth century AD. Ancient interpretation of myth is represented here in selections from the allegorists Heraclitus, Cornutus and Fulgentius, the rationalists Palaephatus and Diodorus of Sicily, and the philosophers and historians Plato, Herodotus and Thucydides. Appendices treat evidence from inscriptions, papyri and Linear B tablets and include a thematic index, a mythological dictionary, and genealogies. A thoughtful Introduction supports students working with the primary sources and the other resources offered here; an extensive note to instructors offers suggestions on how to incorporate this book into their courses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-482) and index.