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This exhaustive, wide-ranging volume aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to the early development of Greek myth, its use in poetry and prose, its reflection in Roman culture and its extensive post-classical afterlife. The first essays discuss Homer, Pindar and Athenian drama, before the focus shifts to the migration of myth to Alexandria, Rome, and the Christian tradition, and its use in material culture. Other studies take a more thematic approach and consider such questions as the role of women in myth, as well as its importance for twentieth-century literary and cultural theorists. Each chapter is accompanied by detailed notes and suggestions for further reading.