Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The "Library" of Apollodorus

Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The "Library" of Apollodorus by Apollodorus. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780870232060.

The immortal characters of Greek mythology enact their dramas, conflicts, and passions in the Library of Apollodorus. Probably composed in the first century A.D., it is the only Greek handbook of mythology to survive antiquity, and is a major source of our knowledge of Greek myths. Beginning with the birth of the gods and ending with the death of Odysseus, the Library traces the destinies of such great mythic figures as Prometheus, Oedipus, Heracles, Daedalus, and the heroes of the Trojan War. Sir James G. Frazer called the Library “an accurate record of what the Greeks in general believed about the origin an early history of the world and their race.” Michael Simpson’s new translation captures the fine simplicity and straightforwardness of the original. Leonard Baskin’s drawings throw a unique contemporary light on this ancient world.