Apollodorus, the Library, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Thk Author and His Book. Nothing is positively known, and little can be conjectured with any degree of probability, concerning the author of the Library, Writing in the ninth century of our era the patriarch Photius calls bim Apollodorus the Grammarian, and in the manuscripts of his book he is described as A pollodorus the A thenian, Grammarian. Hence we may conclude that Photius and the copyists identified our author with the eminent Athenian gramnarian of that name, who flourished about 140 b.c. and wrote a number of learned works, now lost, including an elaborate treatise On the Gods in twenty-four books, and a poetical, or at all events versified. Chronicle in four books. But in modern times good reasons have been given for rejecting this identification, Photius, Bibliotheca, p. 142a, 37 sq. ed. Bekker. W. Christ, Oeechichte der griec Machen LU tera Jtur (N ordliugen, 1889), pp. 455 aqq,; Schwartz, in Paul-W issowa, RU-E ncydopdaie der claasichen A lteriumawisaenachafl i. 2855 aqq. The fragments of A pollodorus are collected in C. Miiiler s Fragmenta Hiatoricorum Oraecorum, i. 428 aqq, This was first fully done by Professor 0. Robert in his learned and able dissertation De A po Uodari Bibliotheca (B erlin, 1873). In what follows I accept in the main his arguments and conclusions.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read more