Stephanie Lynn Budin received her Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Greece and the ancient Near East. She is the author of The Origin of Aphrodite (2003) and numerous articles on ancient religion and iconography. She has delivered papers in Athens, Dublin, Jerusalem, London, Nicosia, Oldenburg, and Stockholm, as well as various cities throughout the United States.
1. Introduction
2. The ancient Near Eastern data
3. The so-called 'evidence'
4. Herodotos
5. In the footsteps of Herodotos: Lucian and 'Jeremiah'
6. Pindar Fragment 122
7. Strabo, confused and misunderstood
8. Klearkhos, Justinus, and Valerius Maximus
9. Archaeological 'evidence' from Italy
10. The early Christian rhetoric
11. Last myths.
