Greek Mythology

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x, 422 pp., index. HARD BACK Binding in dust wrappers, slightly browned, otherwise copy clean and in very good condition. The stories in this work are not merely paraphrases of the bestknown ancient versions, but reconstitutions of the myths in their fullest forms as they were current in the Greek world, and they became the basis of Greek literature, art and thought. To this end, every significant source has been utilized, including scholia and fragments of lost epics, histories, poems, and plays.