CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Philomela, History Of Athens, Mycenaean Greece
10 Dec 2017
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See textbook chart, page 8 (toward the bottom), and page 39 (the first paragraph). Apollodorus [apollodoros] is the name traditionally given to the author of a greek prose handbook titled the library (greek biblioth ka) that is, the library of mythology or the collected tales of mythology. Written perhaps in the early 100s a. d. , the library today supplies a major source for our knowledge of the plots of the greek hero myths. If a hero"s tale isn"t known to us from homer or a handful of other greek writers, then probably we know it from. For example, apollodorus is a major source for the story of heracles" labours. Note: do not confuse apollodorus with the greek poet apollonius [apollonios] of rhodes, who is also a source for us. See the page 8 textbook chart, halfway down. The ancient greek word for hero is h r s.
