ABSTRACT
The forthcoming references are intended above all to indicate the main ancientsources for mythical narratives and mythological information in the preceding text; references to secondary sources have been kept to a minimum. Except in the case of myths that are recorded in very few accounts or only a single account, the references to ancient accounts of mythical narratives are not exhaustive; although more sources, especially from the Latin literature, could often have been cited, it can be more confusing than helpful to pile up references to obscure, repetitive or misleading accounts from the later record. Special attention is paid to the preHellenistic tradition, and a special effort has been made to include accounts that are easily accessible in English translation (even if this is not possible in every case). For readers who wish to seek more detailed information on early sources, Timothy Gantz’s Early Greek Myth (see the Bibliographical Note) can be recommended; and in the footnotes to his Loeb edition of Apollodorus’ Library (Harvard, first published in 1921), Sir James Frazer provides useful lists of references to sources of every period for most important myths.
