Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in TranslationStephen M. Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Brunet This new edition of Anthology of Classical Myth offers selections from key Near Eastern texts—the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish), and Atrahasis; the Hittite Song of Emergence; and the flood story from the book of Genesis—thereby enabling students to explore the many similarities between ancient Greek and Mesopotamian mythology and enhancing its reputation as the best and most complete collection of its kind. |
Contents
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Hyginus | 216 |
Longus | 236 |
Lucian | 238 |
Lucretius | 257 |
Ovid | 265 |
Palaephatus | 288 |
Parthenius | 299 |
Pausanias | 303 |
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Bacchylides | 63 |
Bion | 73 |
Callimachus | 76 |
Cleanthes | 84 |
Conon | 86 |
Cornutus | 89 |
Critias | 92 |
Diodorus of Sicily | 94 |
Eratosthenes | 102 |
Euripides | 107 |
Fulgentius | 111 |
Hellanicus | 114 |
Heraclitus | 116 |
Herodorus | 121 |
Herodotus | 123 |
Hesiod | 129 |
Homeric Hymns | 168 |
Horace | 211 |
Pherecydes | 313 |
Pindar | 315 |
Plato | 320 |
Plutarch | 335 |
Proclus | 337 |
Sallustius | 342 |
Sappho | 344 |
Semonides | 346 |
Simonides | 350 |
Statius | 354 |
Theocritus | 358 |
Theophrastus | 361 |
Thucydides | 363 |
Vergil | 369 |
Xenophanes | 392 |
Xenophon | 394 |
Linear B Sources | 397 |
Inscriptions | 413 |
Papyri | 427 |
Near East ern Myth | 437 |
Note on the Texts and Translation | 508 |
Names and Transliteration | 513 |
IndexGlossary | 516 |
Other editions - View all
Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation Thomas G. Palaima No preview available - 2004 |
Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation Thomas G. Palaima No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon altar Anshar Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apsu Argos Artemis Asclepios Athena Atrahasis battle beast beautiful Bellerophontes birth bore brother brought bull Cadmos called chariot Cronos danaans daughter death Demeter Dionysos divine earth Enlil Eurystheus father gave gifts Gilgamesh give goddess gods golden Hades hands head heart heaven Helen Helios Hephaistos Hera Heracles Hermes heroes Hesiod Homer honor horses human Hymn immortal Jason killed king Kumarbi land Leto lived Lord Marduk married Medeia Meleagros mighty Minos mortal mother mountain Muses myth night Nymphs Odysseus Oidipous Oineus Olympos oracle Ouranos Paus Pelops Perseus Phrixos poem poets Poseidon Priam Prometheus Pylos river sacrifice sail sent ship sleep song sons souls spoke story tablet tell temple Teshub texts Thebes Theseus things Tiamat told took Trojan Trojan War Troy wife winds woman women words wrote in Greek Zeus