Michels Agenorid Myth in the >Bibliotheca< of Pseudo-Apollodorus

A Philological Commentary and A Study on the Composition and Organization of the Handbook
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-11-061022-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 371, 909 Seiten

Reihe: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde

The of Pseudo-Apollodorus, perhaps the best-known mythographic text, stands out for its comprehensive aim and state of preservation. The handbook has regularly been disregarded as a repository of 'standard' myths or as a primary witness to archaic stories, a reductive view at once underestimating and romanticizing the merits of the . This monograph unlocks the as a literary work in its own right by offering the first systematic commentary on an essential selection, the Cretan and Theban myths in Bibl. III.1-56, and by presenting an in-depth analysis of the text. In so doing, this volume closes a gap in current research, from which a philological commentary is entirely missing. The main part of the study focuses on various aspects of composition and organization by addressing structuring principles, narratorial interventions, and the author's method and sources. It lays to rest persistent misconceptions about the representative character of the s myths, the author's merits, and his source use, all of which have divided the scholarship to this date. In addition, it provides an update on the author, date, purpose and readership, text history, and book division of the .

Zielgruppe

All those interested in mythography, Greek and Byzantine literatu

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michels, Johanna Astrid

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Johanna A. Michels, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.