Author Description

The Library of Greek Mythology is a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century AD. The author was traditionally thought to be Apollodorus of Athens, but that attribution is now regarded as false, and so "Pseudo-" was added to Apollodorus. This work has been called "the most valuable mythographical work that has come down from ancient times". An epigram recorded by the important intellectual Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople expressed its purpose:"It has the following not ungraceful epigram: 'Draw your knowledge of the past from me and read the ancient tales of learned lore. Look neither at the page of Homer, nor of elegy, nor tragic muse, nor epic strain. Seek not the vaunted verse of the cyc≤ but look in me and you will find in me all that the world contains'".The footnotes to this collection are also incredibly helpful to understanding the history and context of this valuable compendium. THE LIBRARY CONTENTSBOOK 11. Theogony: Birth of Zeus2. Theogony: War of the Titans3. Theogony: Olympian Gods4. Apollo & Artemis5. Demeter & Persephone6. War of the Giants, Typhon7. Prometheus, Deucalion, Daughters of Aeolus8. Oeneus, Meleager, Tydeus9. Sons of Aeolus, Melampus, Admetus, Pelias, ArgonautsBOOK 21. Io, Danaides2. Proetus, Proetides3. Bellerophon4. Perseus, Sons of Perseus, Amphitryon, Birth of Heracles5. Twelve Labours of Heracles6. Wars of Heracles7. HeracleidaeBOOK 31. Europa, Minos, Pasiphae2. Catreus3. Glaucus4. Cadmus, Semele, Actaeon5. Dionysus, Antiope, Amphion & Zethus, Oedipus6. Seven Against Thebes7. Epigoni8. Lycaon, Callisto9. Auge, Atalanta10. Pleiades, Hermes, Coronis, Asclepius, Leda, Suitors of Helen11. Dioscuri12. Dardanus, Ilus, Priam, Aeacus, Telamon13. Peleus & Thetis14. Cecrops, Adonis, Tereus & Procne, Erichthonius15. Cephalus, Oreithyia, Eumolpus, Aegeus16. TheseusEPITOME1. Theseus cont.2. Tantalus, Pelops, Atreus3. Trojan War: Antehomerica4. Trojan War: Iliad5. Troj