Author
- Homer
- Hesiod
- Sophocles
- Plutarch
- Many others.
Books
- The Iliad
- The Odyssey
- Theogony
- Works and Days
- Ulysses
- Iphigenia at Aulis
- Many more.
Characters
Brief Summary
The oldest known Greek literary sources, the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey, focus on events surrounding the Trojan War. Two poems by Homer's near contemporary Hesiod, the Theogony and the Works and Days, contain accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of divine rulers, the succession of human ages, the origin of human woes, and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths also are preserved in the Homeric Hymns, in fragments of epic poems of the Epic Cycle, in lyric poems, in the works of the tragedians of the fifth century BC, in writings of scholars and poets of the Hellenistic Age and in texts from the time of the Roman Empire by writers such as Plutarch and Pausanias.
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See Also
- Roman Mythology
External Links
- Hellenism.Net - Greek Mythology A collection of Greek mythological stories.
- Library of Classical Mythology Texts translations of works of classical literature
- Timeless Myths: Classical Mythology provides information and tales from classical literature.
- LIMC-France provides databases dedicated to graeco-roman mythology and its iconography.
- Theoi Project, Guide to Greek Mythology biographies of characters from myth with quotes from original sources and images from classical art