▁but ▁their ▁treatment ▁became ▁gradually ▁less ▁narr ative ▁and ▁more ▁all us ive . ▁Greek ▁ly ric ▁po ets , ▁including ▁P ind ar , ▁Bac ch yl ides ▁and ▁Simon ides , ▁and ▁bu col ic ▁po ets ▁such ▁as ▁The oc rit us ▁and ▁B ion , ▁relate ▁individual ▁myth ological ▁inc idents . ▁Additionally , ▁myth ▁was ▁central ▁to ▁classical ▁A then ian ▁drama . ▁The ▁trag ic ▁play w right s ▁A esch yl us , ▁Soph oc les , ▁and ▁Eur ip ides ▁took ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁plots ▁from ▁myth s ▁of ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁hero es ▁and ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁War . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁trag ic ▁stories ▁( e . g . ▁Ag am em non ▁and ▁his ▁children , ▁O ed ip us , ▁Jason , ▁M ede a , ▁etc .) ▁took ▁on ▁their ▁classic ▁form ▁in ▁these ▁tra ged ies . ▁The ▁com ic ▁play w right ▁Arist oph anes ▁also ▁used ▁myth s , ▁in ▁The ▁Bird s ▁and ▁The ▁Fro gs . ▁ ▁Histor ians ▁Her odot us ▁and ▁D iod orus ▁S icul us , ▁and ▁ge ograph ers ▁P aus an ias ▁and ▁Stra bo , ▁who ▁tra ve led ▁throughout ▁the ▁Greek ▁world ▁and ▁noted ▁the ▁stories ▁they ▁heard , ▁supplied ▁numerous ▁local ▁myth s ▁and ▁leg ends , ▁often ▁giving ▁little - known ▁alternative ▁versions . ▁Her odot us ▁in ▁particular , ▁searched ▁the ▁various ▁trad itions ▁presented ▁him ▁and ▁found ▁the ▁historical ▁or ▁myth ological