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APOLLONIUS OF RHODES (RHOD1us) , a Greek epic poet and grammarian, of Alexandria, who flourished under the Ptolemies Philopator and Epiphanes (222-181 B.C.). He was the pupil of Callimachus, with whom he subsequently quarrelled. In his youth he composed the work
Argonauts . When he read it at Alexandria, it was rejected through the influence of Callimachus and his party. Disgusted with his failure, Apollonius withdrew to Rhodes, where he was very successful as a rhetorician, and a revised edition of his epic was well received. In recognition of his talents the Rhodians bestowed the freedom of their city upon himthe origin of his surname. Returning to Alexandria, he again recited his poem, this time with general applause. In 196, Ptolemy
Homer , it possesses a certain simplicity and contains some beautiful passages. There is a valuable collection of scholia. The work
critical works; and KrlcraS (the foundations
Editio Princeps (Florence, 1496) ; Merkel-Keil (with scholia, 1854) Seaton (1900). English translations: Verse, by Greene
Prose
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