Hyginus’ Fabulae

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Latin prose work classical mythography mythographical handbook

Hyginus’ Fabulae is a Latin mythographical handbook traditionally attributed to Gaius Julius Hyginus, compiling brief prose summaries of Greek and Roman myths and genealogies.

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Hyginus’ Fabulae canonical 4
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Hyginus’s Fabulae 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
classical mythography ⓘ
mythographical handbook ⓘ
author Gaius Julius Hyginus NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorshipStatus disputed ⓘ
citedBy early modern classical scholars ⓘ
contains etiological myths ⓘ
genealogical lists ⓘ
heroic legends ⓘ
mythological summaries ⓘ
culture Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn relationships among mythological figures ⓘ
variant versions of myths ⓘ
genre handbook ⓘ
mythography ⓘ
influenced Renaissance mythographical handbooks ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Latin ⓘ
period Roman Imperial era ⓘ
preservedIn Codex Puteanus (Paris, BnF lat. 8071) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork Hyginus’ De Astronomica NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure collection of short numbered tales ⓘ
subject Greek mythology ⓘ
Roman mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
genealogies of gods and heroes ⓘ
traditionalAttribution Gaius Julius Hyginus NERFINISHED ⓘ
transmission survives in medieval manuscripts ⓘ
usedAs reference work for mythographers ⓘ
school text in later antiquity and the Middle Ages ⓘ

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Calydonian Boar Hunt → mentionedIn → Hyginus’ Fabulae ⓘ
Aeson → appearsIn → Hyginus’ Fabulae ⓘ
Alcimede → mentionedIn → Hyginus’ Fabulae ⓘ
Oenomaus → appearsInWork → Hyginus’ Fabulae ⓘ
war of the Epigoni → narratedIn → Hyginus’ Fabulae ⓘ
subject surface form: War of the Epigoni
this entity surface form: Hyginus' Fabulae
wedding of Peleus and Thetis → hasSource → Hyginus’ Fabulae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyginus’s Fabulae