Early Greek Mythography

Robert L. Fowler

ISBN 10: 0198147406 / ISBN 13: 9780198147404

Published by Oxford University Press, GB, 2001

About this Item

This volume collects together the scattered quotations of the Greek writers of the sixth to the fourth centuries BC who first recorded in prose the tales of Greek mythology (the 'mythographers'). Volume 1 is an edition of the texts, whilst Volume 2, which provides the commentary, will follow in a couple of years' time. Here Professor Fowler presents new texts of Hekataios' Genealogies, Akousilaos, Pherekydes of Athens, the mythographical works of Hellanikos, Andron of Halikarnassos, pseudo-Epimenides, Herodoros, and many other ancient Greek mythographers. The texts are based on a fresh examination of manuscripts and papyri, particularly of the minor scholia to Homer. Read together for the first time, these texts represent an important and understudied genre of early Greek literature.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Greek Mythography
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198147406
• ISBN 13: 9780198147404
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 23.39W x 15.6H x 2.87D centimeters 23.39 centimeters width by 15.6 centimeters height by 2.87 centimeters depth
• Weight: 930 grams

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Synopsis

This volume collects together the scattered quotations of the Greek writers of the sixth to the fourth centuries BC who first recorded in prose the tales of Greek mythology (the "mythographers"). Volume 1 is an edition of the texts; Volume 2, which provides the commentary, will follow in a couple of years' time.

About the Author

Robert L. Fowler is at University of Bristol.