Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses

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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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instanceOf ancient Greek prose work ⓘ
metamorphosis narrative collection ⓘ
mythological collection ⓘ
author Antoninus Liberalis ⓘ
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 Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
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 ⓘ
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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