^For example, classicist
William Hansen notes that "the Greeks and Romans had all the genres of oral narrative known to us, even
ghost stories and
urban legends, but they also told all kinds that in most of the Western world no longer circulate orally, such as
myths and
fairytales." (Hansen 2019: xxv).
^Examples include Busk (1877), Halliday (1927), Anderson (2006), and Hansen (2019).
References
Anderson, Graham. 2006. Greek and Roman Folklore: A Handbook.
Greenwood press
Busk, Rachel Hariette. 1877. Roman Legends: A Collection of the Fables and Folk-lore of Rome. Estes and Lauriat.