AN ANTHOLOGY OF CLASSICAL MYTH / Edition 1

by Thomas G. Palaima

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900872207218
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	12/01/2004
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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Monica Cyrino

"I believe this volume will be an invaluable contribution to way we teach Classical myth at the university level."
—University of New Mexico

Richard Martin

"No other book in English offers such a wide range of well-translated and important sources."
—Stanford University