Greek Mythography in the Roman World.

By: Cameron, AlanMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (738 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781602564787Subject(s): Latin literature -- Greek influences | Latin literature -- History and criticism | Mythology, Greek -- Historiography | Mythology, Greek, in literature | Rome -- Civilization -- Greek influencesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Greek Mythography in the Roman WorldDDC classification: 470.9/15 LOC classification: PA3070 -- .C36 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. An Anonymous Ancient Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses? -- Chapter 2. The Greek Sources of Hyginus and Narrator -- Chapter 3. Mythological Summaries and Companions -- Chapter 4. Narrator and His Greek Predecessors -- Chapter 5. Historiae and Source References -- Chapter 6. Bogus Citations -- Chapter 7. Myth in the Margins -- Chapter 8. Mythographus Vergilianus -- Chapter 9. Myth and Society -- Chapter 10. The Roman Poets -- Chapter 11. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Lactantius Placidus -- Appendix 2. Three Versions of Hyginus -- Appendix 3. The Text of the Narrationes -- Appendix 4. Marginal Source Citations in Parthenius and Antoninus Liberalis -- Appendix 5. Source Citations in the Origo Gentis Romanae -- Appendix 6. Anonymus Florentinus -- Index.
Summary: This title illustrates the importance of semi-learned mythographic handbooks in the social, literary, and artistic world of Rome. One of the most intriguing features of these works is the fact that they all cite classical sources for the stories they tell, sources which are often forged.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. An Anonymous Ancient Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses? -- Chapter 2. The Greek Sources of Hyginus and Narrator -- Chapter 3. Mythological Summaries and Companions -- Chapter 4. Narrator and His Greek Predecessors -- Chapter 5. Historiae and Source References -- Chapter 6. Bogus Citations -- Chapter 7. Myth in the Margins -- Chapter 8. Mythographus Vergilianus -- Chapter 9. Myth and Society -- Chapter 10. The Roman Poets -- Chapter 11. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Lactantius Placidus -- Appendix 2. Three Versions of Hyginus -- Appendix 3. The Text of the Narrationes -- Appendix 4. Marginal Source Citations in Parthenius and Antoninus Liberalis -- Appendix 5. Source Citations in the Origo Gentis Romanae -- Appendix 6. Anonymus Florentinus -- Index.

This title illustrates the importance of semi-learned mythographic handbooks in the social, literary, and artistic world of Rome. One of the most intriguing features of these works is the fact that they all cite classical sources for the stories they tell, sources which are often forged.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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