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Title:
Apollodorus : the library / with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer.
Author:
Apollodorus.

Frazer, James George, 1854-1941, ed. and tr.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1989-1990.
Call Number:
PA3870.A55 V513 1990 V.1
Abstract:
The Library provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the compendium faithfully follows the Greek literary sources. It is thus an important record of Greek accounts of the origin and early history of the world and their race. This work has been attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BCE), a student of Aristarchus. But the text as we have it was written by an author probably living in the first or second century of our era. In his highly valued notes to the Loeb Classical Library edition (which is in two volumes) J. G. Frazer cites the principal passages of other ancient writers where each particular story is told and compares the various versions to those in the Library.
ISBN:
9780674991354

9780434991211

9780674991361

9780434991228
Series:
Loeb classical library ; 121

Loeb classical library ; 122

Loeb classical library.
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 17 cm.
General Note:
Greek text of Bibliothēkē and English translation on opposite pages.

Until modern times the author was often wrongly identified with the grammarian Apollodorus, of Athens.
Contents:
Volume 1: Introduction -- Summary -- Symbols in the critical notes -- The Library: Book I-III.

Volume 2: The Library: Book III (continued) -- Epitome -- Appendix -- Index.
Uniform Title:
Bibliotheca. English & Greek
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