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Bibliotheca
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work by Pseudo-Apollodorus, a compendium of Greek myths
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Pseudo-Apollodorus
- Genre
- mythography
- Country of origin
- Roman Empire
- Main subject
- Greek mythology
- Image
- Bibliotheke des Apollodor.JPG
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- language of work or name
- Ancient Greek
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Bibliothèque d'Apollodore
- title
- Βιβλιοθήκη
- entry in abbreviations table
- Apollod.
- inception
- 0001-00-00
- different from
- Bibliotheca
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Encyclopedic overview
The title page of Étienne Clavier's 1805 edition and French translation of the Bibliotheca
The Bibliotheca (Ancient Greek: Βιβλιοθήκη, romanized: Bibliothēkē, lit. 'Library') is a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, genealogical tables and histories arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century AD. The work is commonly described as having been written by Apollodorus (or sometimes Pseudo-Apollodorus), a result of its false attribution to the 2nd-century BC scholar Apollodorus of Athens.
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