Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation : with Additional Translations by Other Scholars and an Appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. Palaima

This Volume Is Designed As A Companion To The Standard Undergraduate Mythology Textbooks Or, When Assigned Alongside The Central Greek And Roman Works, As A Source-based Alternative To Those Textbooks. In Addition To The Complete Texts Of The Homeric Hymns And Hesiod's Theogony, This Collection Provides Generous Selections From Over 50 Texts Composed Between The Archaic Age And The Fourth Century Ad. Ancient Interpretation Of Myth Is Represented Here In Selections From The Allegorists Heraclitus, Cornutus And Fulgentius, The Rationalists Palaephatus And Diodorus Of Sicily, And The Philosophers And Historians Plato, Herodotus And Thucydides. Appendices Treat Evidence From Inscriptions, Papyri And Linear B Tablets And Include A Thematic Index, A Mythological Dictionary, And Genealogies. A Thoughtful Introduction Supports Students Working With The Primary Sources And The Other Resources Offered Here; An Extensive Note To Instructors Offers Suggestions On How To Incorporate This Book Into Their Courses. A Note To Students -- A Note To Instuctors -- Maps -- Genealogical Charts -- Timelines --^ Selections: Acusilaus, Fragments ; Aelian, Historical Miscellany, Excerpts ; Aeschylus, Fragments ; Andron, Fragment ; Antoninus Liberalis, Collection Of Metamorphoses, Selections ; Apollodorus, Library, Excerpts ; Archilochus, Fragments (translated By A. Miller) ; Arrian, Anabasis, Excerpt ; Babrius, Fables, Selections ; Bacchylides, Selections (translated By A. Miller) ; Bion, Lament For Adonis ; Callimachus, Hymns, Selections ; Cleanthes, Hymn To Zeus ; Conon, Stories, Selections ; Cornutus, Compendium Of The Traditions Of Greek Theology, Excerpts ; Critias, Sisyphos, Fragment ; Diodorus Of Sicily, Historical Library, Excerpts ; Eratosthenes, Constellation Myths, Selections ; Euripides, Fragments ; Fulgentius, Myths, Selections ; Hellanicus, Fragments ; Heraclitus, Homeric Problems, Excerpts ; Herodorus, On Heracles, Fragments ; Herodotus, Histories, Excerpts ; Hesiod, Excerpts (translated By S. Lombardo) ; Homeric Hymns (translated By A.^ Lang, Updated And Modified) ;- Horace, Odes, Selections ; Hyginus, Stories, Selections ; Longus, Daphnis And Chloe, Excerpts ; Lucian, Selections ; Lucretius, On The Workings Of The Universe, Excerpts ; Ovid, Heroides, Selections ; Palaephatus, On Unbelievable Things, Selections ; Parthenius, Sentimental Love Stories, Selections ; Pausanias, Descriptions Of Greece, Excerpts (translated By J.g. Frazer, Adapted) ; Pherecydes, The Histories, Fragments ; Pindar, Olympians, Selection (translated By A. Miller) ; Plato, Excerpts ; Plutarch, Life Of Theseus, Excerpt ; Proclus, Summaries Of The Cyclic Epics ; Sallustius, On The Gods And The Cosmos, Excerpt ; Sappho, Fragment (trans. By A. Miller) ; Semonides, Fragment (translated By A. Miller) ; Simonides (translated By A. Miller) ; Sophocles, Fragments --^ Statius, Achilleid, Excerpts (translated By N. Zeiner) ; Theocritus, Idylls ; Theophrastus, Characters ; Thucydides, History Of The Peloponnesian War, Excerpt (translated By P. Woodruff) ; Vergil, Excerpts ; Xenophanes, Fragments (translated By A. Miller) ; Xenophon, Memorabilia, Excerpt ; Linear B Sources ; Inscriptions ; Papyri. Edited And And Featuring New Translations By Stephen M. Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, And Stephen Brunet ; With Additional Translations By Other Scholars And An Appendix On Linear B Sources By Thomas G. Palaima. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 479-482) And Index. Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 14 Acknowledgments......Page 16 What's In This Book?......Page 17 Sources and Problems......Page 20 Final Advice......Page 21 Organization and Layout......Page 22 Symbols Found In Texts......Page 23 A Note to Instructors......Page 25 Material for Background and Comparison......Page 26 Ancient Approaches to Myth......Page 27 Philosophical, Rationalizing, and Allegorical Approaches to Myth......Page 28 Religion and Myth......Page 29 Gender and Sexuality......Page 30 Material for Modern Interpretation and Classification of Myth......Page 31 Practical Considerations......Page 32 Final Remarks......Page 33 Maps......Page 34 Genealogical Charts......Page 43 Timelines......Page 55 39 Aphrodite and the Trojan War......Page 60 8.3 Sacrifices at Athens......Page 61 13.1 Atalante......Page 62 99 Europa Tells Her Story......Page 64 193 Prometheus Describes His Punishment......Page 65 10 Origins of the Custom of Cremation......Page 67 1 Ctesylla......Page 68 4 Gragaleus......Page 69 6 Periphas......Page 70 17 Leucippos......Page 71 28 Typhon......Page 72 36 Pandareos......Page 73 41 The Fox......Page 74 A The Early Gods, the Rise of Zeus, and the Titanomachy (1.1.1–1.2.6)......Page 76 B The Children of Zeus, Other Genealogies and Tales (1.3.1–1.4.5)......Page 78 C The Rape of Persephone (1.5.1–1.5.3)......Page 79 D The Gigantomachy and Typhon......Page 80 F Oineus, Meleagros, and the Calydonian Boar Hunt (1.8.11.8.3)......Page 82 G Jason and the Argonauts; Medeia (1.9.16–1.9.28)......Page 84 I Bellerophontes (2.3.1–2.3.2)......Page 89 J Acrisios, Danae, and Perseus (2.4.1–2.4.5)......Page 90 K Heracles (2.4.8–2.7.7)......Page 92 L Europa and Her Cretan Children (3/1/1–3.1.4)......Page 104 M Cadmos and Thebes (3.4.1–3.7.7)......Page 105 N Theseua (3.15.6–E.1.19)......Page 113 177 Zeus and Justice......Page 117 4.10.5–4.11.8 Worship of Alexander the Great......Page 118 70 The Marriage of Polemos and Hubris......Page 120 117 We Are Ants to the Gods......Page 121 Ode 5 Meleagros and Heracles......Page 122 Dithyramb 17 Theseus and Minos......Page 128 Lament for Adonis......Page 132 5 Hymn to Athena......Page 135 6 Hymn to Demeter......Page 139 Hymn to Zeus......Page 143 27 Deucalion......Page 145 37 Cadmos......Page 146 40 Andromeda......Page 147 2–3 The Real Natures of Zeus and Hera......Page 148 30 Dionysos......Page 149 Sisyphos (fragment)......Page 151 2.45–2.46 The Amazons......Page 153 3.56 Ouranos......Page 154 5.66–5.73 A Euhemerizing Account of the Origin of the Gods......Page 155 9 Parthenos......Page 161 11 Carcinos......Page 162 14 Tauros......Page 163 26 Hydrochoos......Page 164 28 Toxotes......Page 165 286 Bellerophontes on the Gods......Page 166 473 Pasiphae Defends Herself......Page 167 660 Melanippe in Defense of Women......Page 168 2.11 The Story of Vulcan and Minerva......Page 170 2.12 The Story of Dionysus......Page 171 125 Melanthos and Codros......Page 173 157 The Murder of Chrysippos Son of Pelops......Page 174 5 The Nature of Allegory......Page 175 69 The Love of Ares and Aphrodite......Page 177 70 Odysseus' Adventures......Page 178 14 The Myth of Heracles as Philosophical Allegory......Page 180 34 The Six Altars at Olympia......Page 181 1.1–1.5 An Historical Interpretation of the Conflict Between Asia and Greece......Page 182 2.113–2.120 The Egyptians on Whether Helen Ever Went to Troy......Page 184 Theogony......Page 188 Works and Days 1–234 [1–201]......Page 219 1 To Dionysos......Page 227 2 To Demeter......Page 228 3 To Apollo......Page 237 4 To Hermes......Page 246 5 To Aphrodite......Page 256 6 To Aphrodite......Page 261 7 To Dionysos......Page 262 11 To Athena......Page 263 17 To the Dioscouroi......Page 264 19 To Pan......Page 265 26 To Dionysos......Page 266 29 To Hestia......Page 267 32 To Selene......Page 268 33 To the Dicscouroi......Page 269 Ode 1.10 Mercury......Page 270 Ode 2.19 Bacchus......Page 271 Ode 3.11 The Danaids......Page 272 1 Themisto......Page 275 3 Phrixus......Page 276 7 Antiope......Page 277 9 Niobe......Page 278 15 The Women of Lemnos......Page 279 19 Phineus......Page 280 22 Aeetes......Page 281 25 Medea......Page 282 27 Medus......Page 283 30 The Twelve Labors Imposed on Hercules by Eurystheus......Page 284 31 Hercules' Side-Labors......Page 285 34 Nessus......Page 286 37 Aethra......Page 287 40 Pasiphae......Page 288 45 Philomela......Page 289 51 Alcestis......Page 290 55 Tityus......Page 291 59 Phyllis......Page 292 63 Danae......Page 293 67 Oedipus......Page 294 68 Polynices......Page 295 72 Antigone......Page 296 75 Tiresias......Page 297 80 Castor......Page 298 84 Oenomaus......Page 299 88 Atreus......Page 300 89 Laomedon......Page 301 92 The Judgment of Paris......Page 302 96 Achilles......Page 303 99 Auge......Page 304 102 Philoctetes......Page 305 105 Palamedes......Page 306 107 The Judgment over Achilles' Armor......Page 307 110 Polyxena......Page 308 118 Proteus......Page 309 121 Chryses......Page 310 125 The Odyssey......Page 311 126 The Recognition of Ulysses......Page 314 130 Icarius and Erigone......Page 315 134 The Tyrrhenians......Page 316 137 Merope......Page 317 140 Python......Page 318 143 Phoroneus......Page 319 147 Triptolemus......Page 320 151 The Children of Typhon and Echidna......Page 321 154 Hesiod's Phaethon......Page 322 165 Marsyas......Page 323 168 Danaus......Page 324 174 Meleager......Page 325 177 Callisto......Page 326 179 Semele......Page 327 185 Atalanta......Page 328 187 Alope......Page 329 189 Procris......Page 330 190 Theonoe......Page 331 192 Hyas......Page 332 197 Venus......Page 333 201 Autolycus......Page 334 206 Harpalyce......Page 335 3.23 Pan and Echo......Page 336 23 Agamemnon and Ajax in the Underworld......Page 338 5 Prometheus and Zeus......Page 339 9 Zeus and Hera Discuss Ixion......Page 340 16 Hermes and Apollo Discuss Hyacinthos......Page 342 2 Polyphemos and Poseidon......Page 343 9 Delos......Page 344 11 Io......Page 345 12 Danae and Perseus in the Chest......Page 346 Judgment of the Goddesses......Page 347 On Sacrifices......Page 352 1.1–1.101 Lucretius Invokes Venus......Page 357 2.589–2.660 The False Myth of Mother Earth......Page 360 5.1161–5.1240 The Origins of Religion......Page 362 1 Penelope to Ulysses......Page 365 3 Briseis to Achilles......Page 368 4 Phaedra to Hippolytus......Page 373 10 Ariadne to Theseus......Page 377 12 Medea to Jason......Page 381 Prologue......Page 388 2 Pasiphae......Page 389 4 The Cadmeian Sphinx......Page 390 6 Actaion......Page 391 24 Geryones......Page 392 30 Phrixos and Helle......Page 393 33 Orpheus......Page 394 38 The Hydra......Page 395 40 Alcestis......Page 396 43 Medeia......Page 397 45 The Horn of Amaltheia......Page 398 2 Polymele......Page 399 4 Oinone......Page 400 15 Daphne......Page 401 29 Daphnis......Page 402 B Sanctuary of Dionysos in Athens (1.20.3)......Page 403 C The Tomb of Medeia's Children in Corinth (2.3.6–2.3.9)......Page 404 E The Grave of Thyestes Between Mycenae and Argos (2.18.1–2.18.2)......Page 405 G Epidauros and Asclepios (2.26.3–2.27.4)......Page 406 H Poseidon and Horses (7.21.7–7.21.8)......Page 408 J Lycanthropy in Arcadia (8.2.3–8.2.7)......Page 409 L Actaion's Bed near Plataia in Boiotia (9.2.3–9.2.4)......Page 410 N Did Oidipous Have Children By His Mother? (9.5.10–9.5.11)......Page 411 O The Sphinx (9.26.2–9.26.4)......Page 412 11 The Story of Perseus......Page 413 12 The Death of Acrisios......Page 414 Olympian 1, Pelops......Page 415 Protagoras, 320c–322d The Origin of Justice Among Mankind......Page 420 2.376d–2.380c The Role of Poets and Myth in an Ideal State......Page 422 10.614a–10.621d The Myth of Er......Page 426 Symposium, 189d–193b A Myth About the Origin of the Sexes......Page 432 24.1–25.2 The Synoikismos of Attica......Page 435 A The Cypria......Page 437 C The Little Iliad......Page 439 E The Returns......Page 440 F The Telegony......Page 441 3–4 The Purpose and Types of Myth......Page 442 1 Prayer to Aphrodite......Page 444 7 The Different Kinds of Women......Page 446 543 Perseus in the Chest......Page 450 583 Procne Laments the Life of Women......Page 451 941 The Power of Aphrodite......Page 452 1130 Satyrs as Suitors......Page 453 1.242–1.282 Thetis Takes Achilles to Scyros......Page 454 1.819–1.885 Achilles' True Identity Is Uncovered By Ulysses and Diomedes......Page 455 11 Polyphemos' Love for Galateia......Page 458 16 The Supersitious Man......Page 461 1.1–1.12 Thucydides Reassesses Greek Prehistory......Page 463 2.1–2.558 Aeneas Escapes from Troy......Page 469 6.237–6.755 Aeneas Goes to the Underworld......Page 480 4.453–4.527 Orpheus in the Underworld......Page 489 16 Foreign Gods......Page 492 26 God Is Motionless......Page 493 2.1.21–2.1.34 The Choice of Heracles......Page 494 Appendix One: Linear B Sources......Page 498 Appendix Two: Inscriptions......Page 514 Appendix Three: Papyri......Page 528 Note on the Texts and Translation......Page 538 Names and Transliteration......Page 542 Index/Glossary......Page 545