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Apollodorus of athens, died after 120 bc, greek scholar of wide interests who is best known for his chronika chronicle of greek history. The 10 best greek mythology books norse mythology for. Greek and english on opposite pages addeddate 20091225 11. The text was originally attributed to apollodorus of athens, a greek historian and grammarian, but scholars refuted. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content gods and heroes of the greeks. Apollodorus library has been used as a source book by classicists from the time of its compilation in the 1st2nd century bc to the present, influencing writers from antiquity to robert graves. The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the library of apollodorus is a unique guide to greek myt. The author was traditionally thought to be apollodorus.
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