Od Hezjoda do Parandowskiego – od mitu do mitologii

The article outlines the problem of research into the development of Greek mythology from individual ancient mythical tales to contemporary textbooks on Greek myths, such as Jan Parandowski’s book (Lviv 1924). The aim is to draw attention to the following questions: How did the collection of stories that we now call ‘Greek mythology’ come into being? What path did mythical plots take in antiquity, and between antiquity and the present day before they became the ‘Greek mythology’ we know today? Was the phenomenon of ‘mythology’ as a collection already known in antiquity? The second part of the paper points to the limitations of our concept of mythology and considers several specific cases that highlight the difficulties of reconstructing the ancient mythical tradition. The last part of the analysis examines Jan Parandowski’s work as the author of the most famous “Mythology”.