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Genealogia deorum gentilium is issued as a Latin mythographic encyclopedia, first edition about 1360, revised until late life

A Latin myth encyclopedia is a knowledge path for clerks and poets.

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The humanism article independently treats his classical-myth compilation as a 14th-century reference machine.

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A Latin myth encyclopedia is a knowledge path for clerks and poets. Greek display via Pilato is neighbouring. Gibbon’s later sneer is reception.

Giovanni Boccaccio’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Britannica lists De genealogia deorum gentilium among the mature Latin works. First edition conventionally 1360; revisions continue toward 1374. Later printed genealogies are evidence.

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  1. 1.Britannica — humanism, 14th centuryEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Giovanni BoccaccioEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica records Genealogia among Boccaccio’s scholarly Latin treatises.

Giovanni Boccaccio did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

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Factrail. (2026). Genealogia deorum gentilium is issued as a Latin mythographic encyclopedia, first edition about 1360, revised until late life. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/boc-genealogia-deorum

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