Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization

Greek Myth XXVII: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter I – Theogony: Birth of Zeus, or I Just Can’t Wait to Be King


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Apollodorus didn't write the Bibliotheca, but we don't know who did, so we'll keep using his name. Sort of.

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References

Apollodorus. The Library. Translated by Sir James George Frazer. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 121 & 122. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Available online at https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022.

"Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)". Myths Of The World Wiki, https://mythworld.fandom.com/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus). Accessed 28 Feb 2021.

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