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  1. Classics, and compiled the first modern dictionary of Greek mythology, The Greek Myths. His translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (with Omar Ali-Shah) is also published in Penguins. He was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford in 1961, and made an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, in 1971.

  2. dictionary of ancient Greek and Roman myths and legends. In keeping with Grimal's original dic­ tionary (first published in 1951, in France) the con­ cise version covers virtually all major characters, and eight genealogical tables present the principal com­ plex relationships between gods and men. In this short, easy-to-use dictionary, the ...

  3. Apr 25, 2013 · After 20 years of work, the great digital and multilingual Etymological Dictionary of Greek Mythology (Dizionario Etimologico della Mitologia Greca multilingue On Line (DEMGOL) is now (2013) operational.

  4. • Eulexis-Biblissima: online search in the Greek dictionaries: Liddell-Scott-Jones (Greek-English), Bailly (Greek-French), Pape (Greek-German) • Philologic or Perseus: Greek-English lexicon by Henry Liddell & Robert Scott, completed by Henry Jones (LSJ) (1940)

  5. Jun 27, 2018 · The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1867, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia / biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 pages. It is a classic work of 19th-century lexicography.

  6. myth, from the Greek word for “cause” (aitia). • If we think of myths as explanatory, this provides a broad definition that can be applied to most myths—they usually try to explain matters physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual not only literally and realistically but figuratively and metaphorically.

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  8. The Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology is a d tillation into brief form of the leading single-source dictionary of ancient Greek and Roman myths and legends. The entries concentrate on the main versions of each legend, and only the most significant variations are covered.