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

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On the Athenian demes → relatedWorkOfAuthor → Chronicle (Apollodorus of Athens) ⓘ