Books

Classical Mythology: A Guide to the Mythical World of the Greeks and Romans. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.

The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017.

Named one of CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017.

Anonymous: Life of Aesop. Bryn Mawr Greek Commentaries. Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College, 2008.

Classical Mythology: A Guide to the Mythical World of the Greeks and Romans. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Spanish translation: Los Mitos Clasicos: Una Guia del Mundo Mitico de Grecia y Roma. Traduccion Castellana de Efren del Valle. Barcelona: Critica, 2011.

Handbook of Classical Mythology. Santa Barbara CA, Denver CO, Oxford England: ABC-CLIO, 2004.

Myth: A New Symposium (co-edited with Gregory Schrempp). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002.

Ariadne’s Thread: A Guide to International Tales Found in Classical Literature. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002.

Winner of the 2002 AAP [Association of American Publishers] Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division Award (Single Reference Humanities).

An Alternate Selection of the Readers' Subscription.

Anthology of Ancient Greek Popular Literature. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998.

Phlegon of Tralles’ Book of Marvels. Exeter Studies in History. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1996.

Saxo Grammaticus and the Life of Hamlet: History, Translation, and Commentary. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983.

The Conference Sequence: Patterned Narration and Narrative Inconsistency in the Odyssey. University of California Publications: Classical Studies, 8. Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1972.