{"product_id":"library-volume-ii","title":"Library, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntiquity’s most influential mythological handbook.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eLibrary\u003c\/i\u003e  provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology  and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the  compendium faithfully follows the Greek literary sources. It is thus an  important record of Greek accounts of the origin and early history of  the world and their race. This work has been attributed to Apollodorus  of Athens (born ca. 180 BC), a student of Aristarchus. But the text as  we have it was written by an author probably living in the first or  second century of our era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In his highly valued notes to the Loeb Classical Library edition (which  is in two volumes) J. G. Frazer cites the principal passages of other  ancient writers where each particular story is told and compares the  various versions to those in the \u003ci\u003eLibrary.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54241611317592,"sku":"9780674991361","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674991361.jpg?v=1780398950","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/library-volume-ii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}