内容简介
TheLibraryprovidesinthreebooksagrandsummaryoftraditionalGreekmythologyandheroiclegends.Writteninclearandunaffectedstyle,thecompendiumfaithfullyfollowstheGreekliterarysources.ItisthusanimportantrecordofGreekaccountsoftheoriginandearlyhistoryoftheworldandtheirrace.ThisworkhasbeenattributedtoApollodorusofAthens(bornc.180BCE),astudentofAristarchus.Butthetextaswehaveitwaswrittenbyanauthorprobablylivinginthefirstorsecondcenturyofourera.InhishighlyvaluednotestotheLoebClassicalLibraryedition(whichisintwovolumes)J.G.FrazercitestheprincipalpassagesofotherancientwriterswhereeachparticularstoryistoldandcomparesthevariousversionstothoseintheLibrary.,