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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 88 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		to Palaephatus for statements which are not found in the treatise now extant; and thirdly, because the manuscripts exhibit it in various forms, the abridgement being sometimes briefer and sometimes longer.
		But if this Palaephatus was the contemporary of Artaxerxes as Suidas asserts, it is impossible to believe that the myths could have been treated at so early a period in the rationalizing way in which we find them discussed in the extant -epitome.
		By such ingenious conjectures, Palaephatus eliminates all the incredible circumstances, and leaves to us a string of tales perfectly credible and common-place, which we should readily believe, provided a very moderate amount of testimony could be produced in their favour.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2422.html (840 words)

	Palaephatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palaephatus of Athens, an epic poet, to whom a mythical origin was assigned.
		Palaephatus of Abydus, an historian (ιστορικος), lived in the time of Alexander the Great, and is stated to have been loved (παιδικα) by the philosopher Aristotle, for which Suidas quotes the authority of Philo, περι παραδοξον ιδτοριας, and of Theodorus of Ilium, 'Εν δευτερω Τρωικων.
		But if this Palaephatus was the contemporary of Artaxerxes as Suidas asserts, it is impossible to believe that the myths could have been treated at so early a period in the rationalizing way in which we find them discussed in the extant epitome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palaephatus (1386 words)

	Palaephatus - LoveToKnow 1911
		PALAEPHATUS, the author of a small extant treatise, entitled Hopi A7riarwv (On "Incredible Things").
		It consists of a series of rationalizing explanations of Greek legends, without any attempt at arrangement or plan, and is probably an epitome, composed in the Byzantine age, of some larger work, perhaps the Abora Twv pwOu0s eipfl vwv, mentioned by Su^das as the work of a grammarian of Egypt or Athens.
		The author was perhaps a contemporary of Euhemerus (3rd century B.C.).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Palaephatus (162 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 96.11.4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Palaephatus was apparently a contemporary of Aristotle, and thus lived at a time when the body of myths inherited from high antiquity had long been under scrutiny by scientists and skeptics.
		The translation and commentary are prefaced by an excellent introduction, in which Stern situates Palaephatus in the history of Greek rationalization of myth and explains his aims and procedures.
		He shows us that Palaephatus deserves to be looked at, and not only, as was long the case, because he could instruct youngsters in both elementary Greek and basic mythology at the same time.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1996/96.11.04.html (876 words)

	KIM
		Palaephatus’ Peri Apistôn (On Unbelievable Things) is a collection of traditional tales systematically reinterpreted as misunderstandings of ordinary events: for example, Callisto’s metamorphosis into a bear was the result of the following turn of events: Callisto had gone into a grove of trees while hunting; she came across a bear, which promptly ate her.
		On a cursory comparison, Palaephatus and Hecataeus look remarkably similar: they both believe in an underlying truth to every myth, come up with versions that contain no fantastic elements, and occasionally in Hecataeus, and always in Palaephatus, account for how the mistake arose in the first place.
		Palaephatus relies only on evidence internal to the story in question, and hence could be comprehensive.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/99mtg/abstracts/KIM.html (591 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 87 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		PALAEPHATUS (HaAa^aros), the name oT four literary persons in Suidas, who, however, seems to have confounded different persons and writings.
		Some writers believe that this Palaephatus of Abydus is the author of the fragment on Assyrian history, which is preserved by Eusebius, and which is quoted by him as the work of Abydenus.
		There can, however, be little doubt that Abydenus is the name of the writer, and not an appellative taken from his native place.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2421.html (915 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.03.39 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		According to Palaephatus and the rationalist exegesis, myths were not conceived to explain natural phenomena; on the contrary, they were essentially a distortion of real events which happened in the distant past.
		This is explained by Palaephatus as the mythical crystallisation of a man, expert in physics, who revealed to Odysseus which winds to avoid and when.
		The myth of the Sirens was another example of reality encrusted with fantasy: the Sirens, who used to deceive and kill sailors, were originally prostitutes who, once they had squandered the wealth of their prey, quickly disappeared (hence the image of women with legs like those of birds).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2006/2006-03-39.html (1615 words)

	bolchazy.com: Epic & Mythology — On Unbelievable Tales: Palaephatus Peri Apiston
		Palaephatus, a contemporary of Aristotle, sought to reinforce belief in the historicity of ancient heroes by tracing the evolution of "actual" events into marvelously embellished myths.
		Palaephatus was a contemporary of Aristotle, indeed his eromenos.
		Separate from this is Sterns's very clear translation of Palaephatus' dry Greek; he appends at the end of each section any relevant notes on content.
	www.bolchazy.com /prod.php?cat=myth&id=3200 (545 words)

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		PALAEPHATUS, the author of a small extant treatise, entitled llepi 'Airivrcov (On "Incredible Things ").
		It consists of a series of rationalizing explanations of Greek legends, without any attempt at arrangement or plan, and is probably an epitome, composed in the Byzantine age, of some larger work, perhaps the Maas rwv lived wg eipt hvwv, mentioned by Suidas as the work of a grammarian of Egypt or Athens.
		The author was perhaps a contemporary of Euhemerus (3rd century a.e.).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=50561&locale=en (185 words)

	Hydra (Legend) - LoveToKnow 1911
		The generally accepted interpretation of the legend is that "the hydra denotes the damp, swampy ground of Lerna with its numerous springs (Ke4aXal, heads); its poison the miasmic vapours rising from the stagnant water; its death at the hands of Heracles the introduction of the culture and consequent purification of the soil" (Preller).
		A euhemeristic explanation is given by Palaephatus (39).
		An ancient king named Lernus occupied a small citadel named Hydra, which was defended by 50 bowmen.
	1911encyclopedia.org /Hydra_(Legend) (280 words)

	Greek Mythology - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Yet the question of how far people believed the myths is a difficult and probably unanswerable one.
		Some intellectuals, such as Greek writer Palaephatus, tried to interpret the myths as having figurative (nonliteral) meanings.
		Writing in the 4th century bc, Palaephatus interpreted the stories of Diomedes, a king devoured by his own mares, and of Actaeon, a hunter torn apart by his own hounds, as concealing perfectly credible accounts of young men who had spent too much money on their animals and so been figuratively eaten alive by debt.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761570116___22/Greek_Mythology.html (787 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: On Unbelievable Tales: Palaephatus Peri Apiston: Books: Jacob Stern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
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		Palaephatus, a contemporary of Aristotle, sought to reinforce belief in the historicity of ancient heroes by tracing the evolution of "actual" events into myths.
		On Unbelievable Tales is an early effort to rationalize oft-told tales of the heroes and monstrous creatures of Greek mythology.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0865163103 (236 words)

	Palaephatus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Palaephatus (Palaiphatos) war vermutlich das Pseudonym eines griechischen Schriftstellers, der mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit in der Zeit des Aristoteles (4.
		Palaephatus erklärt, dass die traditionellen Erzählungen der griechischen Mythologie auf missverständlichen Überlieferungen beruhen.
		Manche Intellektuelle, wie eben der Schriftsteller Palaephatus versuchten für die Mythen, die ihnen als ápista (griech.
	www.mlahanas.de /Hellas/Biographie/Palaephatus.html (559 words)

	PALAEPHATUS - Online Information article about PALAEPHATUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		PALAEPHATUS, the author of a small extant See also:
		Suidas himself ascribes a Ilea 'Aaiarcav, in five books, to Palaephatus of See also:
		The author was perhaps a contemporary of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAI_PAS/PALAEPHATUS.html (272 words)

	[2003: January] RE: minotaur life (and now centaurs)
		Thinking that this sounded like that old myth-basher Palaephatus (I think I recall him explaining the imprisonment of the "monster" this way) but my books is in my office, so I scouted around for about ten seconds and found this entertaining piece on the web:
		So, while Plato, Aristotle, Palaephatus, and Lucretius heaped scorn the viability of mixed human-animal species, especially Centaurs, writers like Phlegon, Aelian, and others kept an open mind about seemingly incredible creatures, allowing the interplay of imagination and skepticism to fill in the blanks of the unknown.
		Of course, I still haven't determined if Palaephatus is the source of the Minos as father of the minotaur variant (although I'd bet he is).
	omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/CLA-L/2003/01/0193.php (551 words)

	Palazzo Krataiis \| Our position
		The origins of Scilla are lost in the dim and distant past, mixed up in mythology, history, legends and poetic images, that melt together into a time full of charm and fascination.
		According to Palaephatus, Polybius and Strabonis the fist inhabited nucleus in Scilla traces back to the era of the destruction of Troy, the Homeric town assaulted by the Achaeans.
		There is not reliable historical information about the origin of the fortified nucleus of the town, that dates back earlier than the time when the first Basilian Monks arrived.
	www.krataiis.it /en/dove.asp (1126 words)

	[2000: November] chimeras and centaurs
		In case anyone else falls into the trap i did, I figure it is worth admitting that my first thought for the classical source of these "rationalizations of mythology" was Palaephatus, my favorite.
		Centaurs as the first men riding horseback is from Palaephatus, but the note also sends me to Diodorus Siculus 4.70.1 and Heraclitus 5, and Pliny Nat Hist 7.202 and for a play on this idea, Xenophon, Cypropaeida 4.3.19-20.
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	omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/CLA-L/2000/11/0352.php (696 words)

	Palaephatus - Wikipedia
		Einen epischen Poeten aus Athen, der vor der Zeit des Homer lebte und einen Historiker aus Abydus, der ein enger Freund oder Schüler von Aristoteles war.
		Im zweiten Jahrhundert nach Christus beschrieb der griechische Reisende Pausanias die Mythen und den Kult der Plätze, die er besuchte, als immer noch lebendige Grundlage für religiösen Diskussionen und Verhaltensweisen der dortigen Bevölkerung.
		Literatur von und über Palaephatus im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palaephatus (467 words)

	LibraryThing: Abebooks does the LibraryThing
		The newsletter also includes a collecting QandA and good piece by Allan Stypeck of NPR's The Book Guys and owner of Second Story Books, in DC (a favorite haunt when I lived there).
		Right now I possess the only copies listed on LibraryThing of Palaephatus and of Smith's Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography.
		I bought the former for a graduate seminar in interpreting (and teaching) mythology, and just found the latter at a booksale for a whopping $4 -- oddly misplaced in the Shakespeare section.
	www.librarything.com /blog/2006/03/abebooks-does-librarything_25.php (379 words)

	Sandys' Ovid Book III Commentary--Ovid Illustrated, University of Virginia Electronic Text Center
		This Dragon by Cadmus slaine was aduanced to a constellation; placed betweene the two Beares, and consisting of one and thirtie starres, incompassing the Northerne Pole of the Ecliptick.
		Palaephatus giues this fable an historicall sense: how Cadmus slew Draco the sonne of Mars, then King of Thebes, in battle, and possessed his kingdome.
		But he rather sowing by his policie the seed of dissention amongst them, ouer-threw them by their owne power.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /latin/ovid/sandys/3comm.htm (5453 words)

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	Johannes Malalas - translation
		Then Perseus of Epirus, the sea-fighter and toparch of Epirus, ruled over his own country.
		Eutropius, the Roman historian, mentions Perseus in the translation of his account, and Palaephatus also mentions him.
		Lucius Paulus, the consul of the Romans, fought against this Perseus and killed him.
	www.attalus.org /translate/malalas.html (3912 words)

	Amazon.com: On Unbelievable Tales (Palaephatus: Peri Apiston): Books: Palaephatus,Jacob Stern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
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	amazon.com /Unbelievable-Tales-Palaephatus-Peri-Apiston/dp/0865163200 (822 words)

	LibraryThing: March 2006
		I am, however, somewhat interested to see if an "InterLibraryThingLoan" system could work.
		Okay, I admit it, I just want to get my hands on that translation of Palaephatus...
		I started a discussion about swapping, loaning and PaperbackSwap over on the Google Group.
	www.librarything.com /blog/2006_03_01_archive.php (2905 words)

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