Agenorid Myth in the ›Bibliotheca‹ of Pseudo-Apollodorus : : A Philological Commentary of Bibl. III.1-56 and a Study into the Composition and Organization of the Handbook / / Johanna Astrid Michels.

The Bibliotheca 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 o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]
©2023
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Beiträge zur Altertumskunde , 402
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 897 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Words of Gratitude
  • Contents
  • List of illustrations and tables
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Pseudo-Apollodorus and The Bibliotheca
  • 1 The Author of the Bibliotheca. A Brief Introduction
  • 2 The Purpose and Target Audience of the Bibliotheca
  • 3 The Textual History of the Bibliotheca
  • 4 The Book Division of the Bibliotheca
  • Part Two: Composition and Organization of The Bibliotheca
  • 5 The Content and Arrangement of Book III
  • 6 Formulaic Phrases as Organizational Tools in the Bibliotheca
  • 7 Sources and Method of Ps.-Apollodorus
  • Part Three: Commentary on Bibl. III.1–56
  • 1 Introduction to the Agenorids (III.1–2)
  • 2 Cretan Myths (III.2–20)
  • 3 Theban Myths: Cadmus and Dionysus (III.21–39)
  • 4 Theban Myths: Amphion & Zethus and the Labdacids (III.40–47)
  • 5 Theban Myths: Oedipus (III.48–56)
  • Appendix
  • Genealogical Charts of the Agenorid Stemma and Theban Dynasties
  • Bibliography
  • Index Bibliothecae locorum
  • Index aliorum locorum
  • Index nominum mythologicorum