Who wrote the myth of Daphne and Apollo?

Who wrote the myth of Daphne and Apollo? I'm having to write a refutation.. therefore having to blame the AUTHOR.


Can someone please help me?!


This progymnasmata paper for my 7th grade English class is due monday, april 21, 2008. and I would like to have it done for tomorrow.





Just leave the name of the author and a source if you have one!


Please and thank you!

Who wrote the myth of Daphne and Apollo?
There were several versions of the myth.





Ovid's is the most famous. Presumably he himself had a Greek source for his story, although whatever that was it is no longer extant. A Greek writer named Philostratus says the story was an old Arcadian legend.





A greek writer named Parthenius gives a summary of another version of the story, quoting two earlier (lost) poets named Diodorus of Elaea and .Phylarchus.





For the original texts see :


http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheDaphne...
Reply:Given the nature of Myth no one actually "wrote" the myth as such. Instead it is a story that has arisen, been moulded and changed through a number of tellings.


There is very little information on Daphne and Apollo however it seems to be most comprehensively written about in "Metamorphoses" by Ovid (Its found in Book 1). I think this is the most detailed written account of the myth and therefore probably can be referenced. Just make sure you make it clear that you understand that "myth" is a fluid concept. You can buy a penguin version of the Ovid, its a classic.
Reply:Graves' Greek Myths says that the earliest written version date to the Hellenistic era so the story in its literary form is post classical but may have an earlier oral source.





The story is found in Apollodorus 1.7.9, Plutarch's life of Agias 9, Hyginus' Fables 203, Pausanias 8.20.2, and 10.5.3. and two more authors you willnt be able to find online Parthenius and Tzetzes.





It also appears in Latin in Ovid's Metamorphoses 1.5.452.





You should be able to find free etext versions or library books of Plutarch's Loves and Ovid's Metamorphoses from several sites. I think there is a free etext version of Pausanias and Apollodorus somewhere on line.





Try to Google all those authors since there are several sites making classical texts available for free downloads.


There may well be some I hanvt found yet!





If your school or town library is limited is there a college or university library nearby?
Reply:the myth....according to a book of a saint here whoi poreviously was a wizard..the gods are visions..did by demons..they showed up this way..like and Afrodita..walking naked and dissapearing....





i do not know there should be some books about it but probably they are rare..it needs specialist in theology who worked on the old texts..of saints..which are credible
Reply:The original creator of the story is unknown--these myths were passed down by word of mouth for generations.





The most widely known written version would come from Ovid, "The Metamorphoses".
Reply:The Myth of Apollo and Daphne


from Ovid to Quevedo:





Love, Agon, and the Grotesque


Mary E. Barnard








I hope this is what ur looking for. if it isn't trygoing on google
Reply:I really don't think there is a specific author. You might google it. But, to refute the myth...read it and take it apart point by point. The author isn't very important.
Reply:Ovid.

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