Local Mythography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23430878 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel W Berman (Greek and Roman Classics, Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 382-395 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190648312.013.29 |
| OpenAlex | W4307699009 |
| ISBN | 9780190648312 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
“Local mythography” is a problematic category, though there is little question that many surviving mythographical texts could be defined as such. This chapter begins with a theoretical discussion that seeks to contextualize both the “local” and “mythic” components of the concept and continues by examining two case studies: one an early “local” mythographer by the name of Armenidas, and the other the tradition of “Atthidography,” the chronicling of Athenian myth and history begun by the mythographer Hellanicus. “Local mythography” must be distinguished from “local historiography” (a concept championed by the great Felix Jacoby) and from more universal expositions of myth in prose (for example, “Panhellenic” mythography such as the Library of Ps.-Apollodorus, and even “ethnography”).
Archaeology · Art · Ethnography · Historiography · Literature · Local History · Mythology · Sociology · Ancient Near East History · Anthropology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
| Highly cited | No |
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