Abstract

The interest of Hellenistic by collect compile or document information considered relevant past became a scholar desire to know that end up favoring the emergence of new genres bookish life of its own the paradoxography and mythography This desire for erudition responded to a renewed awakening of imagination and curiosity but also to the pursuit of prestige record In this article we will try to detail the roots of mythography nurtured in the chronography local histories genealogy and mythology as well as the purposes sought among which they outperformed as well as a specific educational objective the possibility of associating some important families big gods and noble heroes of a past model and idealized with the purpose of acquiring an indelible reputation