The purpose of this paper is to investigate the origins of early Greek mythography, exemplarily represented by Hecataeus of Miletus and Acusilaus of Argos. The paucity of verbatim quotation and a total lack of information about the publication of their prose works and their audience makes it difficult to frame them within a specific literary genre. Despite that, a better understanding of their cultural milieu could help us approach their literary production in a new way. What arises from this investigation is how unprofitable it is to rely upon a rigid distinction among the production of early prose writers who clearly share a common goal and, to some extent, a similar communicative strategy.

An ambiguous literary genre. The origins of early Greek mythography / Andolfi, Ilaria. - In: MNEMOSYNE. - ISSN 0026-7074. - STAMPA. - 70:2(2017), pp. 183-201.

An ambiguous literary genre. The origins of early Greek mythography

ANDOLFI, ILARIA
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2017

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the origins of early Greek mythography, exemplarily represented by Hecataeus of Miletus and Acusilaus of Argos. The paucity of verbatim quotation and a total lack of information about the publication of their prose works and their audience makes it difficult to frame them within a specific literary genre. Despite that, a better understanding of their cultural milieu could help us approach their literary production in a new way. What arises from this investigation is how unprofitable it is to rely upon a rigid distinction among the production of early prose writers who clearly share a common goal and, to some extent, a similar communicative strategy.
2017
mythography; prose genres; Hecataeus of Miletus; Acusilaus of Argo
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An ambiguous literary genre. The origins of early Greek mythography / Andolfi, Ilaria. - In: MNEMOSYNE. - ISSN 0026-7074. - STAMPA. - 70:2(2017), pp. 183-201.
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