Apollodorus's Bibliotheca

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Apollodorus's_Bibliotheca
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Greek text
mythographical work
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:The_Library
gptkbp:attributedTo gptkb:Apollodorus_of_Athens
gptkbp:author gptkb:Pseudo-Apollodorus
gptkbp:cited_as gptkb:Bibliotheca
gptkbp:contains genealogies of gods and heroes
accounts of the Argonauts
accounts of the Trojan War
accounts of the Heracleidae
accounts of the House of Atreus
accounts of the Labors of Heracles
accounts of the Perseids
accounts of the Theban Cycle
summaries of myths
gptkbp:current_attribution gptkb:Pseudo-Apollodorus
gptkbp:dateWritten 1st or 2nd century AD
gptkbp:first_printed_edition 1555
gptkbp:fragmentary_fourth_book Epitome
gptkbp:genre mythology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Apollodorus's Bibliotheca
gptkbp:importantFor major source for Greek mythology
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Renaissance_mythographers
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:preservedIn medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:purpose compilation of Greek myths and heroic legends
gptkbp:referencedIn scholars of classical studies
gptkbp:structure three books (with a fragmentary fourth)
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkbp:survived almost complete
gptkbp:used_in later mythographers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Twelve_Labors_of_Hercules
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6