The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorus is a unique guide to Greek mythology, from the origins of the universe to the Trojan War. Apollodorus' Library has been used as a source book by classicists from the time of its compilation in the 1st-2nd century BC to the present, influencing writers from ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Description: Good. 16mo. Hardcover, 1921. 546 pp. Bound in olive green cloth with mild wear around the extremities. Joints and hinges are strong, and the text block is sturdy. Pages are clean and decorated with gilt top-edges. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books section at Better World Books. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Join the more than 2.8 million customers who have supported global literacy with their book purchases. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heinemann
Date Published: 1967
Description: VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in removable clear film. Owner's name on ffep; dj a little worn at top edge. Loeb Classical Library no.121, with an English translation by James Frazer. read more
Description: *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* lvi, 468 pp., pictorial titlepage, leather, marbled edges, backstrip replaced with masking tape (! ! ), else very good and seldom perused, read more
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