Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation

Stephen Brunet, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Trzaskoma

ISBN 10: 0872207218 / ISBN 13: 9780872207219

Published by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872207218
• ISBN 13: 9780872207219
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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 A.D. 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.

About the Author

Stephen M. Trzaskoma is Professor of Classics, University of New Hampshire.

R. Scott Smith is Associate Professor of Classics, University of New Hampshire.