Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses

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ancient Greek prose work metamorphosis narrative collection mythological collection

Antoninus Liberalis’ *Metamorphoses* is an ancient Greek prose collection of mythological transformation tales, notable for preserving rare and otherwise lost versions of Greek myths.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek prose work ⓘ metamorphosis narrative collection ⓘ mythological collection ⓘ
author	Antoninus Liberalis NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	ancient Greek mythographical texts ⓘ
circulation	limited in antiquity compared to major poetic works ⓘ
contains	catalogue-like summaries of myths ⓘ
containsTheme	divine punishment ⓘ divine reward ⓘ etiological myths ⓘ human-to-animal transformations ⓘ human-to-plant transformations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
fieldOfStudy	classical philology ⓘ classics ⓘ mythography ⓘ
focus	mythological transformation tales ⓘ
genre	mythology ⓘ prose narrative ⓘ
importance	key witness for obscure mythic variants ⓘ
influencedBy	earlier Hellenistic mythographic traditions ⓘ oral Greek mythological traditions ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryTradition	Greek literature ⓘ
narrativeMode	summary retellings of myths ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	preserving otherwise lost Greek myths ⓘ preserving rare versions of Greek myths ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage	Greek ⓘ
preservationState	survives in a single medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
relatedWork	Ovid, Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ
scholarlyUse	source for lost Hellenistic poetry ⓘ source for variant mythological traditions ⓘ
structure	collection of short tales ⓘ
style	concise and unadorned prose ⓘ
subject	Greek mythology ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ
timeOfComposition	Imperial Roman period ⓘ probably 2nd century CE ⓘ
transmission	Byzantine manuscript tradition ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	modern scholars of Greek mythology ⓘ modern scholars of Greek religion ⓘ
workType	mythographical handbook ⓘ

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