Apollodorus' Library

A handbook of Greek mythology, the single most valuable summary of the myths to survive from antiquity.

Core Characteristics

• Compiled probably in the 1st or 2nd century AD, long misattributed to the Athenian scholar Apollodorus.
• Walks through divine genealogy and the heroic age from the Flood to the return of Odysseus.
• Preserves versions of myths found nowhere else, making it the mythographer's first reference.

Related Concepts & Sources

Greek, Theogony, Divine Lineage