Writing myth : mythography in the ancient world / edited by Stephen M. Trzaskoma and R. Scott Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trzaskoma, Stephen, editor.

Smith, R. Scott, 1971- editor.

American Philological Association. Annual Meeting 2009 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Series:

Studies in the history and anthropology of religion ; 4.

Studies in the history and anthropology of religion ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Greek--Historiography--Congresses.

Mythology, Greek.

Mythology, Roman--Historiography--Congresses.

Mythology, Roman.

Mythology, Greek, in literature--Congresses.

Mythology, Greek, in literature.

Mythology, Roman, in literature--Congresses.

Mythology, Roman, in literature.

Historiography.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 382 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven ; Paris ; Walpole, MA : Peeters, [2013]

Summary:

This collection of essays brings innovative perspectives to the study of ancient mythography, that is, the writings of the Greeks and Romans about their own mythical traditions. It treats a range of sources form the beginnings of myth criticism in the 5

Contents:

The origins and development of Greek mythography. Herodotos and the early mythographers : the case of the Kabeiroi / R.L. Fowler

Choerilus Mythistoricus / K.A. MacFarlane

Greek Thebes in early mythographic tradition / D.W. Berman

Hellenistic and imperial mythography. Local mythography : the pride of the Halicarnassus / J.N. Bremmer

Citation, organization and authorial presence in Ps.-Apollodorus' Bibliotheca / S.M. Trzaskoma

Text and transmission of Ps.-Apollodorus' Bibliotheca : avenues for future research / U. Kenens

Traces of scholarship and erudition in Greek mythographic payri from the Roman period / M. Huys

Hyginus' fabulae : toward a Roman mythography / K.F.B. Fletcher

Mythographic material and method in the so-called "Statius Scholia' / R.S. Smith

The mythographic impulse and other genres. Geographers as mythographers : the case of Strabo / L.E. Patterson

Complementarity and contradiction in Ovidian mythography / J. Farrell

Young Achilles in the Roman world / A. Cameron

True or false? Greek myth and mythography in the progymnasmata / C.A. Gibson

Fulgentius the mythographer / G. Hays.

Notes:

Papers from a panel "Mythography in he Greek and Roman Worlds" held at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Philological Association in Philadelphia.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-358) and index.

ISBN:

9042929111

OCLC:

844155078

Publisher Number:

99956436545