Excerpt from The Mythology of Greece and Rome: Presented With Special Reference to Its Influence on Literature
For more than two thousand years Greek Mythology has been the subject of systematic treatises, but even so old and familiar a subject may demand an occasional restatement, either to meet the needs of a new generation of readers, or to incorporate the results of further investigation.
During the last twenty years Roscher's Lexikon der griechischen und romischen Mythologie has been appearing slowly, and with articles more and more carefully written; many important articles on mythological subjects are found in the earlier volumes of Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft; and the first volume of the new edition of Preller's Griechische Mythologie, prepared by Robert, has been published. To this last volume, which should be the basis for all future work in this line, I wish to express my special indebtedness. The nature of the present book has prevented me from acknowledging in detail the suggestions I have received from these and other recent contributions to the subject. In general the influence of more of less recent investigations will be found (1) in the point of view outlined in the Introduction, (2) in the increased attention to the nature of each god as it appears in myth, and (3) in the systematic use of the remains of ancient art to interpret mythology.
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