Chronicle (Apollodorus of Athens)
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Chronicle (Apollodorus of Athens) is an ancient Greek chronological work that systematically records historical and mythological events, traditionally attributed to the scholar Apollodorus of Athens.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek literature
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chronological work ⓘ historical work ⓘ mythographical work ⓘ |
| aim |
to provide a continuous chronological framework
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to synchronize mythological and historical events ⓘ |
| approximateDateWritten | c. 144 BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hellenistic Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Apollodorus of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | disputed in modern scholarship ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Byzantine compilers
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later scholiasts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| coversTopic |
Greek history
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Greek mythology ⓘ chronology of historical events ⓘ chronology of mythological events ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| extantForm | fragments and testimonia ⓘ |
| field |
ancient historiography
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chronography ⓘ mythography ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
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universal history ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic scholarship
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later chronographers ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| meter | iambic trimeter ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
combination of myth and history in a single chronological framework
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systematic arrangement of events by years and Olympiads ⓘ |
| originallyWrittenIn | verse ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | On the Gods (Apollodorus of Athens) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfComposition | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | annalistic ⓘ |
| subjectOf | modern classical scholarship ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | mythological age to Apollodorus’s own time ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Apollodorus of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
later ancient historians
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later mythographers ⓘ |
| usesSystem |
Olympiad dating system
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regnal years ⓘ |
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