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{{Short description|Anonymous authors of three Latin mythographical texts}}
thumb|First page of the First Mythographer in Reg. lat. 1401
The so-called '''Vatican Mythographers''' ({{langx|la|Mythographi Vaticani}}) are the anonymous authors of three Latin [mythographical](/source/Mythography) texts found together in a single medieval manuscript, Vatican Reg. lat. 1401.<ref>"Reg." refers to Queen (Latin: ''Regina'') [Christina of Sweden](/source/Christina_of_Sweden), who donated her library of manuscripts to the Vatican.</ref> The name is that used by [Angelo Mai](/source/Angelo_Mai) when he published the [first edition](/source/editio_princeps) of the works in 1831.<ref>[Angelo Mai](/source/Angelo_Mai), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=WLA9AAAAcAAJ Classici auctores e Vaticanis codicibus editi]'', vol. 3 (Rome, 1831).</ref> The text of the '''First Vatican Mythographer''' is found only in the Vatican manuscript; the second and third texts are found separately in other manuscripts, leading scholars to refer to a '''Second Vatican Mythographer''' and a '''Third Vatican Mythographer'''.

== Content ==
Taken together, the works of the Vatican Mythographers provided a source-book of Greek and Roman myths and their [iconography](/source/iconography) throughout the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages) and the [Renaissance](/source/Renaissance). The texts, which were being copied in manuscripts as late as the 15th century,  were parsed [allegorically](/source/Allegory) to provide [Christianized](/source/Christianization) moral and theological implications, "until in time the pagan divinities blossomed into full-fledged vices and virtues".<ref>Elliott and Elder, p. 191.</ref> Their ''[testimonia](/source/Testimonium)'', sources, and parallel passages constitute central documents in the transmission of classical culture to the medieval world, which is a major theme in the [history of ideas](/source/history_of_ideas) in the West—though the texts have also been described as "highly deceptive sources which should be used with much caution".<ref>Elliott and Elder, p. 189.</ref>

Mai made many slips in rapidly transcribing the manuscript under difficult conditions, and he was in the habit of substituting euphemisms where the original was too sexually explicit to transcribe and publish, even in Latin. A revised, indexed edition of 1834, corrected by [Georg Heinrich Bode](/source/Georg_Heinrich_Bode)<ref>G. H. Bode, ''Scriptores rerum mythicarum latini tres Romae nuper reperti'', 2 vols. (Celle, 1834).</ref> without access to the Vatican manuscript, is the version that replaced Mai's first edition and has been drawn on in popular 20th-century anthologies of Greek mythology, such as those by [Edith Hamilton](/source/Edith_Hamilton), [Robert Graves](/source/Robert_Graves), and [Karl Kerenyi](/source/Karl_Kerenyi).

The work of the First Vatican Mythographer is essentially a pared-down "fact-book" of mythology, stripped of nuance, not unlike the ''Fabulae'' of [Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus), who, however, had provided no Roman stories and so could not suffice. Classical authors are rarely quoted directly, but the author seems to have used the commentary on [Virgil](/source/Virgil) by [Servius](/source/Maurus_Servius_Honoratus) and the [scholia](/source/scholia)sts on [Statius](/source/Statius) as sources. A modern edition of the text was published in 1995 by Nevio Zorzetti. On the basis of the latest source cited in it and the date of the first source to cite it, Zorzetti dates the composition of the work between the last quarter of the 9th century and the third quarter of the 11th century.<ref>Pepin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sE7WnkLLt2gC&pg=PA5 pp. 5–6].</ref>

Nineteen manuscripts (including several fragments)<ref>Hadravová, pp. 60-64.</ref> are known for the second text, and more than forty for the third. The work of the Second Vatican Mythographer, which draws on that of the first, though it is considerably longer, perhaps dates to the 11th century. A modern edition of it was produced by Péter Kulcsár in 1987. In 2014, Alena Hadravová identified two new, previously unknown copies of the Second Vatican Mythographer in the National Library in Prague: MS Prague, NL, IX C 3 (1401), and MS Prague, NL, III C 18 (late 14th or early 15th century). In 2017, she published editions of both copies in a Czech-English commented book.

The work of the Third Vatican Mythographer, which differs from the others by containing "extensive allegorical interpretations",<ref>Pepin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sE7WnkLLt2gC&pg=PA7 p. 7].</ref> has often been attributed either to a certain '''Alberic of London''', who is named in a number of the manuscripts, or to [Alexander Neckam](/source/Alexander_Neckam).<ref>Pepin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sE7WnkLLt2gC&pg=PA9 p. 9].</ref>

== Stories ==
=== First Vatican Mythographer ===
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* [Prometheus](/source/Prometheus)
* The Story of [Neptune](/source/Neptune_(mythology)) and [Minerva](/source/Minerva)
* The Story of [Scylla](/source/Scylla)
* The Story of [Tereus](/source/Tereus) and [Procne](/source/Procne)
* The Story of the [Cyclops](/source/Polyphemus) and [Acis](/source/Acis_and_Galatea)
* The Story of [Silvanus](/source/Silvanus_(mythology)) and [Cyparissus](/source/Cyparissus)
* The Story of [Ceres](/source/Ceres_(mythology)) and [Proserpina](/source/Proserpina)
* The Story of [Celeus](/source/Celeus) and [Triptolemus](/source/Triptolemus)
* The Story of [Ceyx and Alcyone](/source/Alcyone_and_Ceyx)
* The Story of Ceres and [Lyncus](/source/Lyncus)
* The Story of the [Titans](/source/Titans) and the [Giants](/source/Giants_(Greek_mythology))
* [Pelops](/source/Pelops)
* The Story of [Tityus](/source/Tityos)
* The Story of [Ixion](/source/Ixion)
* The Story of [Circe](/source/Circe) and [Ulysses](/source/Odysseus)
* The Story of [Tiresias](/source/Tiresias)
* The Story of [Lycaon](/source/Lycaon_(king_of_Arcadia))
* [Io](/source/Io_(mythology)) and [Argus](/source/Argus_Panoptes)
* The Story of [Icarius](/source/Icarius_(Athenian)) and [Erigone](/source/Erigone_(daughter_of_Icarius))
* The Story of [Iphigenia](/source/Iphigenia) and [Orestes](/source/Orestes) and [Pylades](/source/Pylades)
* The Story of [Hippodame](/source/Hippodamia_(daughter_of_Oenomaus))
* The Story of [Myrtilus](/source/Myrtilus), [Atreus](/source/Atreus), and [Thyestes](/source/Thyestes)
* The Story of [Phrixus](/source/Phrixus) and [Helle](/source/Helle_(mythology))
* The Story of [Pelias](/source/Pelias) and [Jason](/source/Jason)
* The Story of Jason
* The Story of [Orithyia](/source/Orithyia_(daughter_of_Erechtheus))
* The Story of [Phineus](/source/Phineus)
* The Story of [Leander and Hero](/source/Hero_and_Leander)
* The Story of [Cleobis and Bito](/source/Kleobis_and_Biton)
* The History of [Amulius](/source/Amulius) and [Numitor](/source/Numitor)
* The Story of Lyncus
* The Story of [Oenopion](/source/Oenopion)
* The Story of [Orion](/source/Orion_(mythology))
* The Story of [Amaracus](/source/Amaracus)
* The History of [Palamedes](/source/Palamedes_(mythology))
* The Story of [Achilles](/source/Achilles)
* The Story of [Latona](/source/Latona) and [Asterie](/source/Asteria)
* The Story of the [Hesperides](/source/Hesperides)
* The Story of [Atalanta](/source/Atalanta) and [Hippomenes](/source/Hippomenes)
* The Story of [Helenus](/source/Helenus_(son_of_Priam))
* The Story of [Andromache](/source/Andromache) and [Molossus](/source/Molossus_(son_of_Neoptolemus))
* The Story of the [Sirens](/source/Sirens_(mythology))
* The Story of [Venus](/source/Venus_(mythology)) and [Pasiphaë](/source/Pasipha%C3%AB)
* The Story of [Procris](/source/Procris)
* The Story of [Amymone](/source/Amymone) and Palamedes
* [Theseus](/source/Theseus) and [Hippolytus](/source/Hippolytus_of_Athens)
* The Story of [Minos](/source/Minos) and the [Bull](/source/Cretan_Bull) and [Hercules](/source/Hercules)
* The Story of Theseus and [Pirithous](/source/Pirithous) and Hercules
* The Story of Hercules and [Hylas](/source/Hylas)
* The Story of Hercules and [Alcmena](/source/Alcmene)
* The Story of Hercules and the [Nemean Lion](/source/Nemean_Lion)
* The Story of [Molorchus](/source/Molorchus_(mythology))
* The Story of [Eryx](/source/Eryx_(king_of_Sicily)) and Hercules
* The Story of Hercules and Lake Ciminus
* The Story of [Antaeus](/source/Antaeus) and Hercules
* The Story of Hercules and [Alcinous](/source/Alcinous) and the [Harpies](/source/Harpies)
* The Story of Hercules and Tri[cerberus](/source/cerberus)
* The Story of Hercules, [Deianira](/source/Deianira), [Oeneus](/source/Oeneus), and the [Centaur](/source/Nessus_(centaur))
* The Story of [Philoctetes](/source/Philoctetes) and Hercules
* The Story of the Grandsons of Hercules
* The Story of [Pholus](/source/Pholus_(mythology)) and Hercules
* The Story of the [Hydra](/source/Lernaean_Hydra) and Hercules
* The Story of the [Hardships of Hercules](/source/Labours_of_Heracles)
* The Story of [Eurystheus](/source/Eurystheus) and Hercules
* The Story of [Busiris](/source/Busiris_(king_of_Egypt)) and Hercules
* The Story of [Cacus](/source/Cacus) and Hercules
* The Story of [Geryon](/source/Geryon) and Hercules
* The Story of [Evander](/source/Evander_of_Pallantium) and Hercules
* The Story of Evander
* The Story of [Bellerophon](/source/Bellerophon), Who Is Also [Perseus](/source/Perseus)
* The Story of the [Chimera](/source/Chimera_(mythology)) and Bellerophon
* Perseus
* The Story of [Tarquin](/source/Sextus_Tarquinius) and [Lucretia](/source/Lucretia)
* The Story of [Hymeneus](/source/Hymen_(god))
* The Story of [Orpheus](/source/Orpheus) and [Eurydice](/source/Eurydice)
* The Story of [Castor and Pollux](/source/Castor_and_Pollux)
* The Story of [the Swan and Leda](/source/Leda_and_the_Swan)
* The Story of [Apis](/source/Apis_(deity))
* The Story of [Tydeus](/source/Tydeus) and [Polynices](/source/Polynices)
* The Story of [Sinicrus](/source/Smicrus_(mythology)) and [Branchus](/source/Branchus_(lover_of_Apollo))
* The Story of [Salmoneus](/source/Salmoneus)
* The Story of [Aloeus](/source/Aloeus), [Othus, and Ephialtes](/source/Otus_and_Ephialtes)
* The Story of [Ceculus](/source/Ceculus)
* The Story of the Three [Proetides](/source/Proetids)
* The Story of the [Pierides](/source/Pierides)
* The Story of [Orista](/source/Staphylus_(goatherd))
* The Story of [Liber](/source/Liber), [Silenus](/source/Silenus), King [Midas](/source/Midas) and the River [Pactolus](/source/Pactolus)
* On the Birth of [Pan](/source/Pan_(god))
* The Story of Pan
* The Story of [Arachne](/source/Arachne) and Minerva
* The Story of [Alcestis](/source/Alcestis)
* The Story of Neptune and [Amycus](/source/Amycus)
* The Story of Neptune and Eryx
* The Story of [Arion](/source/Arion) and the Dolphins
* [Untitled]
* The Story of [Antiope](/source/Antiope_(mother_of_Amphion)), [Zethus, and Amphion](/source/Amphion_and_Zethus)
* The Story of [Nyctimene](/source/Nyctimene_(mythology))
* The Story of [Glaucus](/source/Glaucus)
* The Story of [Glaucus](/source/Glaucus_(son_of_Sisyphus)) and Venus
* The Story of [Chelone](/source/Chelone_(mythology)) and [Mercury](/source/Mercury_(mythology))
* The Story of [Saturn](/source/Saturn_(mythology)) and His Sons
* The Story of Saturn and [Philyra](/source/Philyra_(Oceanid)) and [Chiron](/source/Chiron)
* The Story of [Jove](/source/Jupiter_(mythology))'s Birth
* The Story of Jove and Saturn and Venus
* The Story of [Juno](/source/Juno_(mythology)) and the Garden of the Hesperides
* The Story of Neptune
* The Story of [Pluto](/source/Pluto_(mythology))
* On the Three [Furies](/source/Erinyes), or Eumenides
* On the Three [Fates](/source/Moirai)
* On the Three Harpies, or Stymphalides
* On Proserpina, or [Diana](/source/Diana_(mythology))
* The Story of [Apollo](/source/Apollo), or the Sun
* On the Nine [Muses](/source/Muses)
* The Story of Apollo, the [Raven](/source/Lycius_(son_of_Clinis)), and [Coronis](/source/Coronis_(lover_of_Apollo)), the Daughter of [Phlegyas](/source/Phlegyas)
* The Story of Apollo and [Daphne](/source/Daphne), or the Laurel
* The Story of Apollo and Eridanus
* The Story of Mercury and His Mother, [Maia](/source/Maia_(Roman_goddess))
* The Story of [Semele](/source/Semele) and Her Son, Father Liber
* The Story of Liber and Jove [Ammon](/source/Amun)
* The Story of Liber and the Tyrrhenians
* The Story of Father Liber and King [Lycurgus](/source/Lycurgus)
* The Story of Minerva
* The Story of [Priapus](/source/Priapus) and [Lotus](/source/Lotis_(mythology)) the Nymph
* The Figurative Story of Pan
* The Story of [Vulcan](/source/Vulcan_(mythology))
* The Story of [Phorcys](/source/Phorcys)
* The Story of the Three [Gorgons](/source/Gorgons) and Perseus
* The Story of [Medusa](/source/Medusa) the Gorgon
* The Story of the Three [Graces](/source/Charites)
* The Story of the Lemnian Women and [Hypsipyle](/source/Hypsipyle)
* The Story of [Danaus](/source/Danaus) and [Aegyptus](/source/Aegyptus)
* The History of [Dardanus](/source/Dardanus_(son_of_Zeus)) and the Origin of the Trojans
* The Story of [Laomedon](/source/Laomedon) and Hercules and [Hesione](/source/Hesione)
* The Story of [Acesta](/source/Acesta_(mythology)) and [Hippotes](/source/Hippotes)
* The Story of [Teucer](/source/Teucer)
* The Story of [Tithonus](/source/Tithonus) and [Aurora](/source/Aurora_(mythology))
* The Story of [Pyrrhus](/source/Neoptolemus) and Helenus
* The Story of [Diomedes](/source/Diomedes)
* On Diomedes and the Palladium
* The Story of Diomedes' Companions
* On the Island of [Euboea](/source/Euboea), and [Nauplius](/source/Nauplius_(mythology)), the Father of Palamedes
* On Another Euboea and the City of [Cumae](/source/Cumae)
* The Story of [Meleager](/source/Meleager) and Oeneus
* On [Clytemnestra](/source/Clytemnestra) and Her son, Orestes
* The Story of [Europa](/source/Europa_(consort_of_Zeus)) and Jove
* The Story of [Agenor](/source/Agenor) and His Son, [Cadmus](/source/Cadmus)
* The Story of Cadmus and [Harmonia](/source/Harmonia)
* On the [Necklace of Harmonia](/source/Necklace_of_Harmonia)
* The Story of [Eteocles](/source/Eteocles) and Polynices and [Amphiaraus](/source/Amphiaraus)
* The Story of Apollo and [Sibyl](/source/Cumaean_Sibyl)
* The Story of [Caenis](/source/Caeneus) (neither a Man nor a Woman) and Neptune
* The Story of [Tarpeia](/source/Tarpeia)
* The Story of [Niobe](/source/Niobe) and [Her Children](/source/Niobids)
* The Story of [Acrisius](/source/Acrisius) and [Danaë](/source/Dana%C3%AB)
* The Story of [Laodamia](/source/Laodamia_(daughter_of_Acastus))
* The Story of [Phyllis](/source/Phyllis_(mythology)) and [Demophon](/source/Demophon_of_Athens)
* The Story of [Alcon](/source/Alcon_(mythology))
* The Story of [Codrus](/source/Codrus)
* The Story of Pirithous and [Mars](/source/Mars_(mythology))
* The Story of the Thessalians and the Centaurs
* The Story of the Phoenician Priestess
* The Story of [Sisyphus](/source/Sisyphus) and [Aegina](/source/Aegina_(mythology))
* The Story of [Arethusa](/source/Arethusa_(nymph)) and [Alpheus](/source/Alpheus_(deity))
* The Story of [Sciron](/source/Sciron)
* On [Crotopus](/source/Crotopus) and [Chorebus](/source/Coroebus)
* The Story of the [Sphinx](/source/Sphinx)
* On [Athracias](/source/Athracias) the Magician
* The Story of the River [Licornus](/source/Licornus)
* On Minos
* On the Centaurica
* The Story of Atalanta and Meleager
* Why the [Dove](/source/Peristera_(mythology)) is Consecrated to Venus
* The Story of Jove and Juno and Vulcan
* On the Temple of Juno
* The Story of [Styx](/source/Styx) and [Victory](/source/Victoria_(mythology))
* The Story of [Antigone](/source/Antigone_(daughter_of_Laomedon))
* The Story of Apollo and [Cassandra](/source/Cassandra)
* The Story of Minerva, Who Was Enraged at the Greeks
* The Story of [Picus](/source/Picus) and [Pomona](/source/Pomona_(mythology))
* The Story of [Astraeus](/source/Astraeus) and Aurora
* The Story of Jove and [Ganymede](/source/Ganymede_(mythology))
* The Story of [Lyriope](/source/Liriope_(mythology)) and [Narcissus](/source/Narcissus_(mythology))
* The Story of the Sirens and Proserpina
* The Story of Latona and the [Lycian Peasants](/source/Lycian_peasants)
* The Story of [Medea](/source/Medea) and Jason; [Aeson](/source/Aeson) and the Nurses of Father Liber
* The Story of [Deucalion](/source/Deucalion) and [Pyrrha](/source/Pyrrha)
* The Story of the Divine [Palici](/source/Palici)
* The Story of [Consus](/source/Consus) and the Games of the Circus
* The Story of Hercules; on the Games of the Olympiad
* The Story of [Tiber](/source/Tiberinus_Silvius)
* On the Grynean Grove
* On King [Idomeneus](/source/Idomeneus) and His Son
* The History of [Croesus](/source/Croesus), King of Lydia
* The Story of [Thamyras](/source/Thamyris) and the Muses
* The Story of [Meleager's Sisters](/source/Meleagrids)
* The Story of the Sons of Jason and Hypsipyle, and Phaeton
* The Story of [Myrrha](/source/Myrrha) and [Adonis](/source/Adonis)
* The Story of [Aeneas](/source/Aeneas) and the River [Lethe](/source/Lethe)
* Likewise, on the Escape of Aeneas
* [Untitled]
* On the Genealogy of the Gods and Heroes
* The Story of the Double Name and Downfall of Phlegyas
* The History of the Sons of the Laconians Born of Uncertain Fathers
* The Story of Jove and [Thetis](/source/Thetis) and Achilles
* On the Wedding of [Peleus](/source/Peleus) and Thetis
* The Story of Achilles and [Agamemnon](/source/Agamemnon) and the Death of [Hector](/source/Hector)
* On the Death of [Troilus](/source/Troilus)
* On the Victory of Hector and the Flight of Palamedes
* The History of [Priam](/source/Priam)'s Son, Killed by His Own Father
* Varying Opinion on the Death of Priam
* The Story of [Dido](/source/Dido) and the History of Saturn
* Likewise on Dido and the Founding of [Carthage](/source/Carthage)
* On [Anchises](/source/Anchises) and Venus
* The History of [Dionysius the Tyrant](/source/Dionysius_I_of_Syracuse)
* The History of [Regulus](/source/Marcus_Atilius_Regulus_(consul_267_BC)), Roman Consul
* The History of Torquatus' Victory and His Parricide
* The History of [Camillus](/source/Marcus_Furius_Camillus)' Victory
* On the Seven Civil Wars of the Romans
* The History of [Atilius](/source/Atilius)' Good Fortune
* On the Three Hundred Fabii Killed and the One Survivor
* On the Victory of [Marcellus](/source/Marcus_Claudius_Marcellus)
* On the Praises and Death of Another [Marcellus](/source/Marcellus_(nephew_of_Augustus))
* On the God [Fatuus](/source/Fatuus) and the Goddess [Fatua](/source/Fatua)
* The Story of [Endymion](/source/Endymion_(mythology)) and the Moon ([Luna](/source/Luna_(goddess)))
* The Story of [Berecyntia](/source/Cybele) and [Attis](/source/Attis)
* The Story of [Psyche and Cupid](/source/Cupid_and_Psyche)
* The Story of Perdicca
* The Story of the [Dog](/source/Laelaps_(mythology)) Transported to the Constellations
* On the Seven [Pleiades](/source/Pleiades_(Greek_mythology))
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=== Second Vatican Mythographer ===
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* Where Fable Got Its Name
* On the Different Names of the Gods
* On Saturn
* On Jove
* On the [Eagle of Jove](/source/Eagle_of_Zeus)
* On Juno
* On Her Peacock
* On [Iris](/source/Iris_(mythology)), Her Rainbow
* On the Reason Why Juno Is Called Jove's Sister and Wife
* [Who](/source/Phoroneus) First Made Temples for Her
* On Neptune
* On Pluto
* On His Three-Headed Hound
* On His Furies
* On the Causes of the Plague
* On the [Sparta](/source/Sparta)ns
* A History
* A History
* A History
* A History
* On the Harpies of Jove
* On the Parcae of Pluto
* On His Wife
* On the Elysian Fields
* On the Nine Circles
* On the Life of Jove
* On Latona and Her Sister
* On the Triple Power of Apollo
* On His Various Names
* On His Tripod, Bow, and Arrows
* On His Four Horses
* On His Raven
* On His Laurel
* On His Nine Muses
* On Diana, the Sister of Apollo
* Why She Is Called [Dictynna](/source/Dictynna)
* On the Temple at [Carya](/source/Caryae)
* On Endymion
* On Mars
* On the Birth of Venus
* The Story of Why the [Myrtle](/source/Myrina_(priestess)) Is Consecrated to Venus
* On the Roses of Venus
* On the Seashell of Venus
* On the Doves of Venus
* On Adonis
* On Venus' [Cupid](/source/Cupid)
* On the Three Graces
* On [Erichthonius](/source/Erichthonius_(son_of_Hephaestus))
* On Priapus
* On Minerva
* On Vulcan
* [Untitled]
* On the Mercuries
* Why He Is Called Mercury
* On the Lyre
* On Orpheus
* On Jove and [Etna](/source/Aetna_(nymph)) the Nymph
* On Cybele
* On Atalanta
* On Pan
* The Story of Aeneas
* A History
* On [Faunus](/source/Faunus)
* On [Nymph](/source/Nymph)s
* On Astraeus
* On [Aeolus](/source/Aeolus_(son_of_Hippotes))
* On the Titans
* On the Decree of Jove
* [Untitled]
* A Story About [Gallus](/source/Cornelius_Gallus)
* [Untitled]
* The Story of Peleus
* On Otus and Ephialtes
* On Salmoneus
* On [Phaethon](/source/Phaethon)
* On Lycaon
* On Thetis
* On Icarus (Icarius)
* On Saturn and Philyra
* On Prometheus
* On the [Sacrifice of Prometheus](/source/Trick_at_Mecone)
* On Jove and Thetis
* On Cleobis and Bito
* On Chelone
* On King [Proetus](/source/Proetus_(son_of_Abas))
* On Antigone
* On Arachne
* On Niobe
* On Glaucus
* On Deucalion and Pyrrha
* On [Lycus](/source/Lycus_(son_of_Hyrieus)) and Antiope
* On [Epaphus](/source/Epaphus)
* On Lycurgus
* Whence Wrestling Was Invented
* On Jove and Europa
* A Repetition
* On Agenor and His Sons
* On Cadmus
* On Juno and Semele
* [Palaemon](/source/Melicertes)
* On Liber
* On [Autonoë](/source/Autono%C3%AB_(daughter_of_Cadmus))
* On [Aristaeus](/source/Aristaeus)
* On [Agave](/source/Agave)
* On Tiresias
* On Branchus
* On [Mopsus](/source/Mopsus)
* On Sibyl
* On Her Books
* On Io
* On [Isis](/source/Isis)
* On [Osiris](/source/Osiris)
* On the Winnowing Fan of Father Liber
* On Venus
* On Proserpina
* On Ceres
* On Her Search
* On the Immortality of her [Nursling](/source/Demophon_of_Eleusis)
* On Triptolemus
* On King [Cepheus](/source/Celeus)
* On the Finding of Proserpina
* On the Sirens
* On [Tantalus](/source/Tantalus)
* On Danaus and Aegyptus
* On Tityus
* On Sisyphus
* On Ixion
* An Explanation of This Same Story
* On Perithous
* The Story of Amulius and Numitor
* On the People of Phlegyae
* On Acrisius
* On Perseus
* On the Gorgons
* The Interpretation of This Same Story
* On [Atlas](/source/Atlas_(mythology))
* On Minerva
* On the Song of Apollo and [Marsyas](/source/Marsyas)
* The Story of Midas
* The Explanation of This Same Story
* On the Contest of Neptune and Minerva
* On Minos
* On Venus
* On [Androgeus](/source/Androgeus_(son_of_Minos))
* On [Scylla](/source/Scylla_(daughter_of_Nisus))
* On Theseus
* On [Aegeus](/source/Aegeus)
* On [Taurus](/source/Taurus_(mythology))
* On Sciron
* On Theseus
* On Oenopion
* On Perdicca
* On Bellerophon
* On Jove and [Leda](/source/Leda_(mythology))
* On Theseus and Perithous
* On King [Athamas](/source/Athamas)
* On Pelias
* On Jason
* On Medea
* On the Nurses of Liber
* On Pontia
* On Amycus the King
* On Venus
* On Phineus
* On Oedipus and the Monster That Was Called Sphinx
* On Oeneus
* On [Harpalyce](/source/Harpalyce_(mythology))
* On [Oenomaus](/source/Oenomaus)
* On Mercury
* On Jove and Alcmena
* On Hercules
* Why He Is Called Hercules
* On [Diomedes](/source/Diomedes_of_Thrace)
* On Geryon
* On Evander
* On [Admetus](/source/Admetus)
* On the Snake Killed by Hercules
* On Eryx
* On Busiris
* On Hercules
* On [Eurytus](/source/Eurytus)
* On the Two Lions That Hercules Conquered
* On [Avernus](/source/Avernus) and Lucrinus
* On [Erymanthus](/source/Mount_Erymanthos) and Stymphalus
* On the [Golden Apples](/source/Apples_of_the_Hesperides) Presented to Jove by Earth
* On Hercules and Deianira
* On [Lerna](/source/Lerna), the Marsh
* On Antaeus and Hercules
* On Oeneus
* On the Death of Hercules
* On the Arrows of Hercules
* On the Sanctuary of Hercules' Grandsons
* On Phorcys
* On Glaucus
* On Scylla, Beloved by Glaucus
* On [Charybdis](/source/Charybdis)
* On the Tyrrhenians and Father Liber
* On Arion of Lesbos
* On Arethusa
* On Polyphemus
* On Ceyx
* On [Mergus](/source/Mergus_(mythology))
* On Cyparissus
* A Second Telling of the Same Story
* On Priapus
* On Lyriope
* On the Boy, [Hyacinth](/source/Hyacinth_(mythology))
* On the Boy, Amaracus
* On Pilumnus and Pitumnus
* On Two Brothers Who Were Called Divine
* On the [Telchines](/source/Telchines), Three Brothers
* On [Tenes](/source/Tenes)
* On [Ebalus](/source/Ebalus)
* On [Maleus](/source/Maleus)
* On Codrus
* On Croesus
* On Alcon
* On Jove and [Electra](/source/Electra_(Pleiad))
* On Laomedon
* On Tithonus and Aurora
* On Anchises
* On Cassandra
* The Story of Helenus
* On [Hecuba](/source/Hecuba)
* On Ganymede
* On Hercules and Hylas
* On Aminoe (Amymone)
* On Nauplius
* On [Dodona](/source/Dodona)
* On [Leucas](/source/Lefkada)
* On [Pelorus](/source/Faro_Point)
* On Euboea
* On [Pachynus](/source/Pachynus)
* On the Syracusans
* On Tullus Hostilius
* On [Brutus](/source/Brutus)
* On [Tarquinius Superbus](/source/Lucius_Tarquinius_Superbus) (Tarquin the Proud)
* On Brenus ([Brennus](/source/Brennus))
* On the Civil War
* On Fabius
* On Marcellus
* On the Shield (Ancile)
* On the Rostra
* On Agamemnon
* On Jove and Aegina
* On [Aeacus](/source/Aeacus)
* On Peleus and Thetis
* The Explanation of This Story
* On Diomedes
* On the [Priest](/source/Laoco%C3%B6n) of Neptune
* On Pyrrhus
* On Hecuba and [Polymestor](/source/Polymestor)
* On Idomeneus
* On Circe
* The Interpretation of This Story
* On Picus
* On Phyllis
* On Laodamia
* On Procris
* On Tereus
* On Leander and Hero
* On Hymenaeus
* On [Licambes](/source/Licambes)
* On Bubalus
* On Iarbita
* On Mopsus
* On Apicius
* The Story of Opimius
* On Alcinous
* The Story of Ixion
* A Narrative
* On Responsive Song
* The Accursed Hunger for Gold
{{div col end}}

=== Third Vatican Mythographer ===
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* Saturn
* Cybele
* Jupiter
* Juno
* Neptune
* Pluto
* Proserpina
* Apollo
* Mercury
* [Pallas](/source/Athena)
* Venus
* [Bacchus](/source/Bacchus)
* Hercules
* Perseus
* [The Twelve Signs in the Sky](/source/Zodiac)
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*Burnett, Charles S. F. "A Note on the Origins of the Third Vatican Mythographer", ''Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes'' '''44''' (1981), pp.&nbsp;160–166.
*Elliott, Kathleen O., and J. P. Elder. "A Critical Edition of the Vatican Mythographers", ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association'' '''78''' (1947), pp.&nbsp;189–207. (Summarizes results of research for an edition that never materialized.)
*Hadravová, Alena. ''Druhý Vatikánský mytograf. Dva nově identifikované rukopisy z Národní knihovny v Praze. – The Second Vatican Mythographer. Two Newly Identified Manuscripts from the National Library in Prague''. Praha: Scriptorium, 2017. {{ISBN|978-80-88013-48-8}}
*Kulcsár, Péter. ''Mythographi Vaticani I et II''. Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 91c. Turnhout: Brepols, 1987. {{ISBN|978-2-503-00917-9}}
*Pepin, Ronald E. ''The Vatican Mythographers''.  New York: Fordham University Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-8232-2892-8}} (English translation of all three texts.)
*Zorzetti, Nevio, and Jacques Berlioz. ''Le Premier mythographe du Vatican''. Collection des universités de France, Série latine. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1995. {{ISBN|978-2-251-01389-3}} (Includes a French translation [by Berlioz] and extensive annotations.)

==External links==
*[https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.1401 Reg. lat. 1401 digitized]

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Category:Manuscripts in the Vatican Library
Category:Works of unknown authorship
Category:References on Greek mythology

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