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Zusatztext Fourteen years ago, Robert Fowler presented a collection of the fragments of Early Greek Mythography, giving us the outline and all the recoverable details of a lost continent of early Greek prose; we were grateful for an important and accessible volume. Now, he has followed up with a commentary that shows how important these lost treatises and their authors were for the beginnings and development of the Greek prose book, the appropriation and systematization of mostly local narratives, and the emergence of Greek historiography ... [it] leaves us with a truly three-dimensional view of the landscape we have lost ... It seems almost certain that "Fowler" will become yet another household name Informationen zum Autor Robert Fowler is the Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek at the University of Bristol. Klappentext Volume 2 is a detailed commentary on the texts of Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1! a critical edition of the twenty-nine authors of this genre from the late 6th to early 4th centuries BC. Volume 2 provides a mythological commentary of the original works! as well as a philological commentary on separate authors. Zusammenfassung Volume 2 is a detailed commentary on the texts of Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1, a critical edition of the twenty-nine authors of this genre from the late 6th to early 4th centuries BC. Volume 2 provides a mythological commentary of the original works, as well as a philological commentary on separate authors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part A: Mythological Commentary; 1 Theogony; 2 Pelasgians! Leleges! Dryopes! Arcadians; 3 Deukalion; 4 Deukalionidai; 5 Aiolidai; 6 Argonauts; 7 Inachidai; 8 Herakles; 9 Herakleidai; 10 Agenoridai and Early Thebes; 11 Crete; 12 The Theban Cycle; 13 Atlantides; 14 Pelopidai; 15 Asopides; 16 Attic Legend; 17 Local Histories; 18 The Trojan Cycle; 19 The Migrations; 20 Other Fragments; Part B: Philological Commentary; Akousilaos; Aethlios; Agias And Derkylos; Anaximander; Andron; Antiochos; Aristophanes; Armenidas; Charon; Damastes; Dei(l)ochos; Demokles; Epimenides Pseudepigraphus; Euagon; Eudemos; Eumelos; Hekataios; Hellanikos; Herodoros; Ion; Kreophylos; Menekrates; Metrodoros; Pherekydes; Polos; Simonides; Skamon; Skythinos; Xenomedes; Two Addenda to Volume 1; Corrigenda to Volume 1; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Indices ...
