A New Geography for MythsEchoes of Alexander’s Campaign in India in Apollodorus’s "Library"

  1. Stefano Acerbo 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

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Journal:
Faventia

ISSN: 0210-7570

Year of publication: 2023

Issue: 44-45

Pages: 37-49

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5565/REV/FAVENTIA.176 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85181574944 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The new mythical sagas that originated from Alexander’s campaign were fully integrated into Greek mythology, as is revealed by the references to India in the “Library”. Both the reference to the pillars of Dionysus and the ill-fated expedition of Medos depend on versions of the myth that arose in connection with Alexander’s campaign and seem to suggest the Apollodorus’s dependence on a source connecting Asia with the Greek mythical past.

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