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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674991354

ISBN-139780674991354

eBay Product ID (ePID)980500

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Book TitleLibrary, Volume I : Books 1-3. 9

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ancient & Classical

Publication Year1921

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, Social Science

AuthorApollodorus

Book SeriesLoeb Classical Library

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length6.7 in

Item Width4.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Series Volume Number121

Volume NumberVolume I

SynopsisThe Library provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the compendium faithfully follows the Greek literary sources. It is thus an important record of Greek accounts of the origin and early history of the world and their race. This work has been attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BCE), a student of Aristarchus. But the text as we have it was written by an author probably living in the first or second century of our era. In his highly valued notes to the Loeb Classical Library edition (which is in two volumes) J. G. Frazer cites the principal passages of other ancient writers where each particular story is told and compares the various versions to those in the Library., Antiquity's most influential mythological handbook. The Library provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the compendium faithfully follows the Greek literary sources. It is thus an important record of Greek accounts of the origin and early history of the world and their race. This work has been attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC), a student of Aristarchus. But the text as we have it was written by an author probably living in the first or second century of our era. In his highly valued notes to the Loeb Classical Library edition (which is in two volumes) J. G. Frazer cites the principal passages of other ancient writers where each particular story is told and compares the various versions to those in the Library., Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC) but probably composed in the first or second century AD, the Library provides an expansive summary of Greek myths and heroic legends about the origin and early history of the world.

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