Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction

This volume collects the scattered quotations of the Greek writers of the 6th to the 4th centuries BC who first recorded in prose the tales of Greek mythology (the "mythographers"). The texts are based on a fresh examination of manuscripts and papyri, particularly of the minor scholia to Homer.
VolumThis volume collects the scattered quotations of the Greek writers of the 6th to the 4th centuries BC who first recorded in prose the tales of Greek mythology (the "mythographers"). e 1 i s an edition of the texts 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. The texts represent an important and understudied genre of early Greek literature.