Apollodorus' Bibliotheca

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ancient Greek mythographical handbook mythographical compendium prose work reference work on Greek mythology

Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca canonical	27
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca	18
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca	18
Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)	8
Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca	6
Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus	6
ApollodorusBibliotheca	4
Library of Apollodorus	4
Pseudo-Apollodorus	3
works of Apollodorus	3
Apollod. Bibl.	2
Apollodorus (Bibliotheca)	1
Apollodorus (Pseudo-Apollodorus)	1
Bibliotheca (Library) of Pseudo-Apollodorus	1
Bibliotheca (Pseudo‑Apollodorus)	1
Epitome (often transmitted with the Bibliotheca)	1
Hellenistic mythographers	1
Pseudo-Apollodorus "Bibliotheca"	1
Pseudo-Apollodorus (author of the Bibliotheca)	1
Pseudo-Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca	1
Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca	1
The Library by Apollodorus	1
The Library of Apollodorus	1
Works of Apollodorus	1
editions of Apollodorus	1
works of Pseudo-Apollodorus	1
Βιβλιοθήκη του Απολλοδώρου	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek mythographical handbook ⓘ mythographical compendium ⓘ prose work ⓘ reference work on Greek mythology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Library of Apollodorus
attributedTo	Apollodorus of Athens ⓘ
authorshipStatus	pseudonymous ⓘ
citationForm	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apollod. Bibl.
covers	Heracles ⓘ surface form: Heracles and his labors Perseus ⓘ surface form: Perseus and his descendants Theseus and Athenian legends ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Trojan War cycle genealogies of heroic families ⓘ myths of heroes ⓘ myths of the gods ⓘ
dateOfComposition	1st or 2nd century CE ⓘ
focus	organization of myths by genealogical lines ⓘ
genre	genealogical handbook ⓘ mythography ⓘ
hasGreekTitle	Βιβλιοθήκη ⓘ
hasLatinTitle	Bibliotheca ⓘ
hasPart	Book 1 ⓘ Book 2 ⓘ Book 3 ⓘ
hasTitle	Bibliotheca ⓘ
importance	major source for Greek mythology ⓘ standard reference for later mythographers ⓘ
influenced	later mythographical handbooks ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	handbook ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Hellenistic and Roman Imperial era tradition ⓘ
modernScholarlyAttribution	unknown author ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece
preservedBy	Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ
purpose	summary of major Greek mythological genealogies ⓘ systematic compilation of Greek myths ⓘ
relatedWork	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Homeric epics ⓘ Pindar's odes ⓘ tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides ⓘ
scholarlyDebate	authorship and exact dating ⓘ
structure	three books ⓘ
style	concise prose summary ⓘ
subject	Greek mythological genealogies ⓘ Greek mythology ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Apollodorus of Athens ⓘ
transmission	survives largely complete ⓘ
usedBy	Renaissance humanists ⓘ modern classical scholars ⓘ

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