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Greek mythography in the Roman world / Alan Cameron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cameron, Alan, 1938- author.
- Series:
- American classical studies ; no. 48.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- American classical studies ; v. 48
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin literature--Greek influences.
- Latin literature.
- Latin literature--History and criticism.
- Mythology, Greek--Historiography.
- Mythology, Greek.
- Mythology, Greek, in literature.
- Rome--Civilization--Greek influences.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (363 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Illustrating the importance of semi-learned mythographic handbooks in the social, literary, & artistic world of Rome, this volume examines the importance of Greek mythology to the Roman �elite, long after the stories had ceased to reflect popular culture.
- Contents:
- 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 LiberalisAppendix 5. Source Citations in the Origo Gentis Romanae; Appendix 6. Anonymus Florentinus; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; X
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770464-6
- 0-19-029109-5
- 1-4237-2065-2
- 1-280-42782-5
- 0-19-803821-6
- 1-60256-478-7
- OCLC:
- 191038411
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