Due to the rather intriguing comparison of Hyginus' elements of fable (ca. 64 B.C. to 17 A.D.) with depictions from Ovid's metamorphoses (43 B.C. to 17 A.D.), this BT-reissue of the 1993 edition of Hyginus' mythological handbook has established itself, within a relatively short time, in reading lists of various universities.