Early Greek Mythography And Epic Poetry : A Reassessment
Pàmias i Massana, Jordi, 1972- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	Studies of early mythography have stressed the dependent relationship between the so-called logographers and epic archaic poetry. Better knowledge of archaic and classical mythography in recent years has provided more accurate details of the context of the production and purposes of the fragmentary works by Hecataeus, Acusilaus, Pherecydes and Hellanicus. Each of them has his own agenda and programme, which have to be explained within their context and not, from a purely historic-literary perspective, as an appendix, a continuation or an exegesis of the epic tradition. This article argues that conditions of preservation, and means of transmission, of fragmentary mythographers have shaped the way we approach them. In other words, the process of reception of epic poetry through the exegetic and grammarian tradition distorts our view and leads the modern reader to see mythography as being dependent on Homer or Hesiod.
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Classical Quarterly, Vol. 74 Núm. 1 (january 2024) , p. 24-31, ISSN 1471-6844

DOI: 10.1017/S000983882400048X

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