The Loeb Classical Library: The Library, Volume I : Books 1–3.9

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The Loeb Classical Library: The Library, Volume I : Books 1–3.9Antiquitys most influential mythological handbook. The Library provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the compendium faithfully follows the Greek literary sources. It is thus an important record of Greek accounts of the origin and early history of the world and their race. This work has been attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC), a student of

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The volume includes a detailed linguistic and thematic commentary on the text

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They include vocabularies in Greek

Numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage students to explore the play's dramatic qualities

Growing up with her Gorgon sisters

διάσημη συγγραφέας αισθηματικών μυθιστορημάτων

Vergil's Aeneid

evidence for the mechanics of theatrical performance in the second century

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