8vo. x, 422 pp., cloth in slightly worn d/w, index, American University of Beirut, first edition, 1977.

Synopsis

The Greek mythology is distinguished from numerous similar collections by the following features: The stories are merely paraphrases of the best known ancient versions, but reconstitutes of the myths in their fullest forma as they were current in the Greek world, and as they became the basis of Greek literature, art, and thought.