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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography is the first comprehensive examination of ancient writings that systematized and interpreted the mythical tradition, providing an authoritative overview from the archaic period to the Renaissance.
Trade ReviewOwing to the many approaches to the mythical story world in Greco-Roman antiquity...the majority of our extant mythographical works come. * New Testament Abstracts *
This volume fulfills its goal of serving as a comprehensive reference tool for scholars and an accessible starting point for students. * Ivana Petrovic, Greece & Rome Vol. 70.2 *
The Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography constitutes a lively debate on the usability and desirability of mythography as a category and a genre, greatly helped by the many cross-references in, and to, individual chapters... In addition to the series' intended readership of scholars and graduate students, this collection will undoubtedly serve undergraduates in the fields of cultural, classical, literary, and reception studies equally well. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma Section 1: Mythography from Archaic Greece to the Empire 1. The Mythographical Impulse in Early Greek Poetry Pura Nieto 2. The Origins of Mythography as a Genre Jordi Pàmias 3. Hellenistic Mythography R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma 4. Imperial Mythography Charles Delattre, translated by Alexander Brock 5. Mythography in Latin R. Scott Smith Section 2: Mythographers 6. Mythography in Alexandrian Verse Evina Sistakou 7. Antihomerica: Dares and Dictys Ken Dowden 8. Antoninus Liberalis, Collection of Metamorphoses Charles Delattre, translated by Alexander Brock 9. Apollodorus the Mythographer, Bibliotheca Stephen M. Trzaskoma 10. Conon, Narratives Manuel Sanz Morales 11. Cornutus, Survey of the Traditions of Greek Theology Ilaria Ramelli 12. Diodorus Siculus, Library Iris Sulimani 13. Heraclitus the Mythographer, On Unbelievable Stories Greta Hawes 14. Heraclitus the Allegorist, Homeric Problems David Konstan 15. Hyginus, Fabulae Kris Fletcher 16. The Mythographus Homericus Joan Pagès 17. Other Mythography on Papyrus Annette Harder 18. Greek Mythography and Scholia Nereida Villagra 19. Ovid and Mythography Joseph Farrell 20. Palaphaetus, Unbelievable Tales Hugo Koning 21. Parthenius, Erotika Pathemata Christopher Francese 22. Pausanias, Description of Greece William Hutton 23. Tragic Mythography Chiara Meccariello Section 3: Interpretations and Intersections 24. Rationalizing and Historicizing Greta Hawes 25. Allegorising and Philosophising Ilaria Ramelli 26. Etymologizing Ezio Pellizer, translated by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma 27. Catasterisms Arnaud Zucker 28. Local Mythography Daniel Berman 29. Mythography and Paradoxography Irene Pajón Leyra 30. Mythography and Education R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma 31. Mythography and Politics Lee Patterson 32. Mythography and Geography Maria Pretzler 33. Mythographer and Mythography: Indigenous Categories? Greek Inquiries into the Heroic Past Claude Calame, translated by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma Section 4: Mythography and Visual Arts 34. Mythography and Greek Vase Painting Kathryn Topper 35. Mythography and Roman Wall Painting Eleanor Leach 36. Retelling Greek Myths on Roman Sarcophagi Zahra Newby Section 5: Christian Mythography 37. Mythography and Christianity Jennifer Nimmo Smith 38. Byzantine Mythography Benjamin Garstad 39. Mythography in the Latin West Benjamin Garstad 40. Mythography and the Reception of Classical Mythology in the Renaissance, 1340-1600 Jon Solomon
