A New Geography for Myths: Echoes of Alexander’s Campaign in India in Apollodorus’s “Library”

Abstract

The new mythical sagas originated from Alexander’s campaign were fully integrated into Greek mythology, as revealed by the references to India in the Library. Both the reference to the pillars of Dionysus and the ill-fated expedition of Medos depend on versions of the myth that arose in connection with Alexander's campaign and seems to suggest Apollodorus’s interest in traditions connecting Asia with the Greek mythical past.