Pseudo-Apollodore
See also: Apollodore
“ Pseudo-Apollodore ” is the name given to the author of the Bibliothèque , in the past allotted to Apollodore of Athens (second century BC). One knows nothing of his life nor of his possible other works. One agrees to think that work was written at the first century or {{IIe}} century a. J. - C.
The Bibliothèque is a kind of summary of the Greek Mythologie. It is one of the most complete sources and most useful on the subject. It seems that the pseudoone was very faithful to its sources. For example, the passage of the Bibliothèque on Oedipus is very close to the Oedipus king of Sophocle, that on Alceste, girl of Pélias, very near to the tragedy éponyme of Euripide, etc
Most important of the sources of the Bibliothèque which we lost is the work of Phérécyde of Athens, a mythographe of fifth century BC It seems that the most useful passages of the Bibliothèque come from this author.
The text that we have at present is fragmentary. Nevertheless, we have two manuscripts, identical for their greater part, which summarize the contents of work. From there, James Frazer, the editor of the Library for Loeb (1913), wrote his Épitome (in Greek old Ἐπιτομή / Epitomế , “shortened”), the purpose of which is to supplement the missing passages.
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Sources of the Greek religion.
External bond
- the '' Bibliothèque '' on line on the site of Ugo Bratelli
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