Early Greek Mythography: Texts
Author | : Robert Louis Fowler |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : 0198147406 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780198147404 |
Rating | : 4/5 (404 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Early Greek Mythography: Texts by : Robert Louis Fowler
Download or read book Early Greek Mythography: Texts written by Robert Louis Fowler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An extremely useful collection of the early evidence for writers of 'myth as history' -D. Felton, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewThis is the first volume in a set of two. Volume 1 introduces and 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'), whilst Volume 2 will be a scholarly commentary.