Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology.
London / Edinburgh: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans / William Tait, 1844. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2305159
First English translation of the work first published in 1825 as Prolegomena zu einer wissenschaftlichen Mythologie. Boards rubbed.
xii, 353 pp. 8vo. Muller pioneered the modern study of Greek mythology, and here provides a method by which others can categorize and analyze historical myths, while also offering commentary on other scholarly works on the topic, and placing such authors as Homer and Hesiod in context with this system.
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