Acusilaus of Argos’ Rhapsody in Prose : : Introduction, Text, and Commentary / / Ilaria Andolfi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Andolfi, Ilaria,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 70
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 186 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations and Editions --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Commentary --; Bibliography --; General Index --; Index of Greek --; Index Locorum
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110618600; 9783110762464; 9783110719567; 9783110616859; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610093; 9783110605945
• ISSN: 1868-4785
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110618600
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ilaria Andolfi.

This volume is a full-scale commentary on the extant fragments of Acusilaus of Argos, commonly regarded as one of the earliest Greek mythographers (VI-V cent. BCE). To encapsulate his contribution to archaic literature, his book on Genealogies is described as a "Rhapsody in Prose", that foregrounds especially the exegetical nature of his book, which rewrote the most ancient past on the basis of the most authoritative epic poems.