Scholia on Euripides and other later mythographic sources

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ancient commentary tradition classical philological source mythographic source secondary source on Greek mythology source for the study of Euripides

Scholia on Euripides and other later mythographic sources are ancient and post-classical commentaries and compilations that preserve, explain, and expand upon Greek mythological traditions found in Euripides’ plays and related texts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Euripides (indirectly, via Amazon traditions)	1
Euripides’ lost tragedy "Bacchae" tradition	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient commentary tradition ⓘ classical philological source ⓘ mythographic source ⓘ secondary source on Greek mythology ⓘ source for the study of Euripides ⓘ
basedOn	earlier mythological traditions ⓘ
chronologicalRange	Hellenistic period to Byzantine period ⓘ
commentsOn	Greek tragic texts ⓘ plays of Euripides ⓘ
contains	allegorical interpretations ⓘ cross-references to other authors ⓘ etymological notes ⓘ historizing interpretations of myth ⓘ narrative expansions of myths ⓘ
context	ancient scholarly commentary tradition ⓘ
describes	Greek mythological traditions ⓘ
discipline	classical studies ⓘ mythography ⓘ philology ⓘ
expandsUpon	myths found in Euripides ⓘ
explains	genealogies of mythic figures ⓘ local cult traditions ⓘ obscure mythological references ⓘ
focusesOn	characters in Euripidean drama ⓘ cultic and ritual background of myths ⓘ mythic plots adapted by Euripides ⓘ
hasPart	Byzantine scholia ⓘ Hellenistic scholia ⓘ later mythographic compilations ⓘ post-classical mythographic handbooks ⓘ scholia on Euripides ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
preserves	otherwise lost mythic details ⓘ variant mythological traditions ⓘ
relatedTo	ancient mythographic handbooks ⓘ scholia on Aeschylus ⓘ scholia on Homer ⓘ scholia on Sophocles ⓘ
sourceType	indirect tradition of Greek myth ⓘ
transmittedVia	medieval manuscripts ⓘ
usedBy	classical philologists ⓘ historians of religion ⓘ scholars of Greek tragedy ⓘ
usedFor	interpreting Euripidean drama ⓘ reconstructing lost myths ⓘ studying reception of Greek myth ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Actaeon → literarySource → Scholia on Euripides and other later mythographic sources ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euripides’ lost tragedy "Bacchae" tradition

Queen Hippolyta → mentionedBy → Scholia on Euripides and other later mythographic sources ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euripides (indirectly, via Amazon traditions)

Benthesikyme → mentionedIn → Scholia on Euripides and other later mythographic sources ⓘ