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1. Developments in the 5th and 4th Centuries bce 1. Developments in the 5th and 4th Centuries bce
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2. Asclepiades: The First Mythographer? 2. Asclepiades: The First Mythographer?
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3. Lysimachus: Using Libraries and Compilation 3. Lysimachus: Using Libraries and Compilation
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4. Apollodorus of Athens: A Mythographer? 4. Apollodorus of Athens: A Mythographer?
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6. Some Conclusions 6. Some Conclusions
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Further Reading Further Reading
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References References
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3 Hellenistic Mythography
Get accessR. Scott Smith is Professor of Classics at the University of New Hampshire, where he has taught since 2000. His major field of study is ancient myth and mythography, with special focus on the intersection of mythography, space, and geography. He is currently co-director of a digital database and map of Greek myth, MANTO: https://manto.unh.edu. In addition, he is interested in how mythography operates in scholia and commentaries and is undertaking a student-supported project to translate mythographical narratives in the Homeric scholia. He also produces the podcast, The Greek Myth Files.
Stephen M. Trzaskoma is currently Dean of the College of Arts & Letters at California State University Los Angeles. Formerly, he served as Professor of Classics and Director of the Center for the Humanities at the University of New Hampshire. His two primary research areas are Greek prose fiction and ancient mythography, and he has published numerous studies in these areas, as well as translated key primary sources.
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Published:20 October 2022
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Abstract
The main aim of this chapter is to survey and problematize our current state of knowledge of mythographical scholarship during the Hellenistic period. This era is widely considered crucial in the formation of mythography, but aside from the surviving work of Palaephatus, all the other evidence is scattered, fragmentary, and difficult to interpret. The chapter presents three case studies considering the work of Asclepiades of Tragilus, Lysimachus of Alexandria, and Apollodorus of Athens to test the identification of these three authors as mythographers and finds the evidence inconclusive, highlighting the need for new and further research into myth reception in the Hellenistic era.
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