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 and Fabulae into the wider context of
ancient mythography; introductions to each text discuss in greater
detail issues of authorship, aim, and influence. A general index,
an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of
authors and works cited by the mythographers are also included.
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