A German scholar of Greek mythology, Karl Otfried Muller (1797-1840), made important contributions to the study of ancient Greece. He believed in using all available sources, including art and architecture, to form an understanding of Greek life as a whole. His work represented a turning point in the development of Hellenistic studies, seeking to relate classical civilisation to the present, and creating a new conception of Hellenism. Fragmenta was part of a larger series, Scriptorum Graecorum Bibliotheca, which Muller produced in partnership with the Parisian printer-publisher Ambroise Firmin-Didot. It covers histories which have been lost, but of which fragments survive in other works. Volume 1 contains histories by Hecataeus of Miletus, Charon of Lampsacus, and Apollodorus of Athens, which had been previously published by Klausen in 1831. The Appendix is a French transcription of the Greek inscription on the Rosetta Stone, published in Paris in 1841.
Table of Contents
Praefatio; De vita et scriptis auctorum, quorum fragmenta hoc volumine comprehenduntur; Hecataei fragmenta; Charonis fragmenta; Xanthi fragmenta; Hellanici fragmenta; Pherecydis fragmenta; Acusilai fragmenta; Apollodori bibliothecae; Antiochi fragmenta; Philisti fragmenta; Timaei fragmenta; Ephori fragmenta; Theopompi fragmenta; Phylarchi fragmenta; Clitodemi fragmenta; Phanodemi fragmenta; Androtionis fragmenta; Demonis fragmenta; Philochori fragmenta; Istri fragmenta; Apollodori fragmenta; Index; Marmor Parium; Inscription Grecque de Rosette, texte et traduction litterale, accompagnee d'un commentaire critique, historique et archeologique par M. Letronne.
