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  1. Apollodorus

    Apollodorus was a popular name in ancient Greece . It may refer to Apollodorus of Athens born c. 180 BC , historian and mythographer Pseudo Apollodorus, author of the Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca Apollodorus painter , an Athenian painter, who lived at the end of the 5th century BC and introduced great improvements in perspective and chiaroscuro Apollodorus of Carystus , New Comedy playwright, 300 260 BCE Apollodorus of Gela , an earlier playwright Apollodorus of Artemita , 2nd century historian of the Parthian empire Apollodorus of Damascus , 2nd century architect Apollodorus of Pergamon , 1st century BC rhetorician Apollodorus of Seleucia , Stoic philosopher of the 2nd century BC Apollodorus of Acharnae , son of the 4th century BC banker Pasion and subject of many of Demosthenes speeches Apollodorus the Epicurean , author of the Life of Epicurus , a work famous in ancient Greece but no longer extant Apollodorus the Sicilian , companion of Cleopatra VII Cleopatra Apollodorus of Phaleron , follower of Socrates and narrator of the dialogue described by Plato in his Symposium Plato Symposium Apollodorus of Amphipolis , Macedonian general Apollodorus runner Apollodorus crater References http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0241.html Apollodorus Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology disambig bg br Apollodoros ca Apol lodor cs Apollod ros cy Apollodorus gwahaniaethu et Apollodoros t psustus el es Apolodoro eo Apolodoro fr Apollodore ko it Apollodoro la Apollodorus hu Apollod rosz egy rtelm s t lap nl Apollodorus ja pl Apollodoros pt Apolodoro ru sk Apollodoros sr fi Apollodoros sv Apollodoros uk ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus of Acharnae

    this article has used the BCE CE convention since its inception, 18 33, 2 October 2006 Apollodorus Greek language Greek lang grc , Apollod ros of Acharnae in Attica born 394 BCE is known from several of Demosthenes forensic speeches. Apollodorus was the son of the banker Pasion , who died in 370 BCE when Apollodorus was twenty four. ref Demosthenes For Phormion . ref After Pasion s death his widow married Phormion, a freedman of Pasion, and subsequently died in 360 BCE. Phormion then became the guardian of her younger son Pasicles. In 350 BCE, Apollodorus brought a lawsuit against Phormio. Demosthenes wrote the defence speech For Phormion , which is extant. At this time Apollodorus held the post of Archon of Athens archon eponymos at Athens . ref Diodorus 16.46. ref A rumour later circulated that Demosthenes leaked the defence speech to Apollodorus before the trial. ref Aeschines , On the embassy 165 Plutarch Demosthenes 15. ref Apollodorus afterwards attacked the witnesses who had supported Phormion. Demosthenes wrote for Apollodorus the two extant speeches entitled On the crown . Apollodorus had many lawsuits, for many of which Demosthenes wrote the speeches for him. The latest of them is Against Neaira hetaera Neaira , a courtesan , and which may date to 340 BCE. Apollodorus was extremely wealthy and performed the liturgy of trierarch y twice, in a period when it was unusual for a single person to take that role because of the enormous expense. ref Demosthenes Against Polycles , Against Nicostratus . ref References reflist Sources SmithDGRBM Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Apollodorus of Acharnae ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus of Acharnae Category 394 BC births Category Year of death missing Category Ancient Greek lawyers Category Ancient Athenians Category 4th century BC Greek people br Apollodoros Ac harnai ca Apol lodor d Akharne de Apollodor Politiker ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus of Carystus

    Apollodorus of Carystus lang el in Euboea , was one of the most important writers of the Attic New Comedy , who flourished in Athens between 300 and 260 B.C. He is to be distinguished from the older Apollodorus of Gela 342&mdash 290 , also a writer of comedy, a contemporary of Menander . He wrote 47 comedies and obtained the prize five times. Terence borrowed his Hecyra and Phormio from the and of Apollodorus. Surviving Titles And Fragments Amphiareus Amphiaraus Anteuergeton Man Who Returns a Kindness Apokarterountes People Starving Themselves to Death Apoleipousa The Woman Who Leaves Grammateidiopoios Maker of Writing Tablets Diabolos The Accuser Hekyra The Mother In Law Ennea Nine Epidikazomenos The Claimant Hiereia The Priestess Proikizomene The Woman with a Dowry or Himatiopolis The Female Clothes Seller Sphattomene The Woman Being Slaughtered In addition to these plays, there are nine other titles and associated fragments which are only credited to Apollodorus by the ancient authorities, without specifying whether they were written by Apollodorus of Carystus or Apollodorus of Gela . They are as follows Adelphoi Brothers Aphanizomenos The Disappearing Man Galatai The Galatians Diamartanon The Man Who Is Failing Utterly Kitharodos The Citharode Lakaina The Laconian Woman Paidion The Little Child Paralogizomenoi The Beguiling Men Synepheboi People Who Were Adolescents Together Fragments in Koch, Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta , ii. 1884 References Wikisource1911Enc Apollodorus of Carystes http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0242.html Ancient Library.6 Augustus Meineke , Historia Critica Comicorum Graecorum 1839 1911 DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus of Carystus Category Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights Category Ancient Euboeans Category 3rd century BC Greek people Category New Comic poets Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown AncientGreece writer stub ca Apol lodor de Carist es Apolodoro de Caristo ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus of Pergamon

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Apollodorus of Pergamon , one of the two most prominent teachers of rhetoric in the 1st century BC along with Theodorus of Gadara . His most famous student became the first Roman emperor Caesar Augustus . Students of Apollodorus were commonly referred to as Apollodoreans , while students of Theodorus were known as Theodoreans . DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus Of Pergamon Category People from Pergamon Category 1st century BC Greek people ca Apol lodor de P rgam es Apolodoro de P rgamo fr Apollodore de Pergame it Apollodoro di Pergamo ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus of Damascus

    File Apollodorus of Damascus, Greek Architect and Engineer. Pic 01.jpg thumb Apollodorus of Damascus, bust from 130 140 AD in the Glyptothek File 072 Conrad Cichorius, Die Reliefs der Traianss ule, Tafel LXXII Ausschnitt 01 .jpg thumb 250px The monumental Trajan s Bridge Danube Bridge of Apollodorus . Apollodorus himself stands in the foreground behind the sacrificing emperor. ref citation title Apollodorus of Damascus and Trajan s Column From Tradition to Project author Giuliana Calcani, Maamoun Abdulkarim publisher L Erma di Bretschneider year 2003 isbn 8882652335 page 55 ref Apollodorus of Damascus ... Britannica , http www.britannica.com eb article 9008022 Apollodorus Of Damascus Apollodorus of Damascus ... title Apollodorus of Damascus and Trajan s Column From Tradition to Project author Giuliana Calcani ... on the brilliant architect Apollodorus of Damascus. This famous Syrian personage represents... br ... , beside several smaller projects. Apollodorus also designed the triumphal arches of Trajan at Beneventum ... , whom he had offended by ridiculing his performances as architect and artist, Apollodorus was banished .... The story about Apollodorus death demonstrates the persistent hostility felt towards Hadrian in senatorial ... grout encyclopaedia romana imperialfora trajan apollodorus.html James Grout Apollodorus of Damascus, part of the Encyclop dia Romana External links Commons category Apollodorus of Damascus Wikisource1911Enc Apollodorus of Damascus Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Apollodorus Of Damascus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus Of Damascus Category Ancient Roman architects Category ... z Dama ku cy Apollodorus o Ddamascus de Apollodor von Damaskus es Apolodoro de Damasco eo Apolodoro ... Damasco he kk la Apollodorus Damascenus hu Apollod rosz p t sz mk ml nl Apollodorus van Damascus ja pl Apollodoros z Damaszku ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus of Phaleron

    other people Apollodorus Apollodorus Apollodorus of Phaleron Ancient Greek language Greek , Apoll d ros Phal re s , ca. 429 4th century BCE was an Classical Athens Ancient Athenian student and prominent follower of Socrates ref name peen cite web url http peenef2.republika.pl angielski hasla a apollodorus.html title Apollodorus of Phaleron author Robert T. Ptaszek date February 20, 2012 ref frequently depicted in the Socratic dialogue Socratic literature . Life Most of what is known of Apollodorus life comes from Plato , and particularly the Symposium Plato Symposium . Here, Apollodorus describes himself as being of the same age as Plato s brother Glaucon , ref name symp Plato, Symposium , 173a ref placing his birth date around 429 BCE. A resident of the Athenian port of Faliro Phaleron , he enjoyed financial success before coming to follow Socrates along with his brother Aiantodorus ref name peen in the years before the philosopher s death. ref name symp As depicted in Plato s Phaedo , he was present at Socrates execution and thereafter remained aggressively loyal to his master s teachings. Plato and other ancient authors depict him as an emotionally volatile and simple minded individual ref name peo Debra Nails The people of Plato a prosopography of Plato and other Socratics . Indianapolis Hackett Publishing, 2002. ref who nonetheless contributed significantly by popularizing Socrates views. ref name peen Apollodorus also appears in Plato s Apology Plato Apology , Xenophon s Memorabilia Xenophon Memorabilia and Apology Xenophon Apology , and numerous later sources, including Athenaeus , Cicero s De Natura Deorum On the Nature of the Gods and Plutarch s Cato the Younger . ref name peo Scholars generally assume that the sculptor named Apollodorus mentioned ... Persondata NAME Apollodorus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus Category 4th century BC Greek people Category 5th ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus (runner)

    Other uses Apollodorus disambiguation Apollodorus Apollodorus 1st century was an unlucky Ancient Macedonians ancient Macedonian runner who, after winning in Olympics, was killed by lightning on his way back home. He is commemorated by Antipater of Thessalonica in the below epigram Greek Anthology 7.390 style border 0px margin left 100px white space nowrap scope col width 400px scope col width 400px border 0 Valign top lang grc br lang grc . br lang grc br lang grc . br lang grc br lang grc . You know Mount Kyllini Cyllene the Arcadian mountain br That is the monument that covers Apollodorus. br As he returned from Pisa Greece Pisa by night br a thunder from Zeus killed him. br Long away from Aiane and Beroia , br beaten by Zeus the runner sleeps. Every year the Race of Apollodoros lang el is organized in modern Aiani and Veria Greece . References Greek Anthology , 7.390. http www.ipet.gr veroia show rec.php?id va0k00019 Veroia http odysseus.culture.gr h 1 eh151.jsp?obj id 3386 Archaeological Museum of Aiane Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Apollodorus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus Category 1st century deaths Category Ancient Greek runners Category Ancient Macedonian athletes Category Roman era Olympic competitors Category 1st century Greek people Category Roman era Macedonians Category Deaths from lightning strikes Category Athletic history of Greek Macedonia br Apollodoros reder ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus of Athens

    About the historian and grammarian other men of the same name Apollodorus disambiguation Apollodorus the author of the Bibliotheke Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Apollodorus of Athens lang el born ca. 180 BC, died after 120 BC son of Asclepiades, was a Greeks Greek scholar, historian and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon , Panaetius Panaetius the Stoic , and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace . He left, or fled, Alexandria around 146 BC, most likely for Pergamum , and eventually settled in Athens . Literary works Chronicle , a Greek history in verse from the fall of Troy in the 12th century BCE to roughly 143 BCE although later it was extended as far as 109 BCE , and based on previous works by Eratosthenes Eratosthenes of Cyrene . Its dates are reckoned by its references to the archons of Athens . As most archons only held office for one year, scholars have been able to pin down the years to which Apollodorus was referring. The poem is written in comic trimeter s and is dedicated to the 2nd century BC king of Pergamon, Attalus II Philadelphus ... . Apollodorus produced numerous other critical and grammatical writings, which have not survived ... of Greek mythology called Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca , or Library , was traditionally ... the author of the Bibliotheca is called Pseudo Apollodorus. References Wikisource1911Enc Apollodorus grammarian cite encyclopedia last Hornblower first Simon authorlink title Apollodorus 6 of Athens ... Greek Chronicles in translation Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Apollodorus ... DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus Category 180 BC births Category 2nd century BC deaths Category Ancient Alexandrians ... 2nd century BC philosophers bg br Apollodoros Aten ca Apol lodor el Gram tic cy Apollodorus ... id Apollodoros dari Athena it Apollodoro di Atene la Apollodorus grammaticus lt Apolodoras mk nl Apollodorus van Athene ja no Apollodoros pl Apollodoros z Aten historyk pt Apolodoro ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus of Artemita

    Apollodorus of Artemita lang grc c . 130 87 BCE was a Greek writer of the 1st century BCE. Apollodorus wrote a history of the Parthia n Empire, the Parthika lang grc , in at least four books. He is quoted by Strabo and Athenaeus . Strabo stated that he was very reliable. Apollodorus seems to have used the archives of Artemita and Seleucia on the Tigris for his work. Some information on Greco Bactrians are preserved in Strabo s work The Greeks who caused Bactria to revolt grew so powerful on account of the fertility of the country that they became masters, not only of Ariana , but also of India , as Apollodorus of Artemita says and more tribes were subdued by them than by Alexander the Great Alexander by Menander I Menander in particular at least if he actually crossed the Hypanis towards the east and advanced as far as the Imaus , for some were subdued by him personally and others by Demetrius I of Bactria Demetrius , the son of Euthydemus I Euthydemus the king of the Greco Bactrian Bactrians and they took possession, not only of Patalena, but also, on the rest of the coast, of what is called the kingdom of Saraostus and Sigerdis. In short, Apollodorus says that Bactriana is the ornament of Ariana as a whole and, more than that, they extended their empire even as far as the Seres and the Phryni. Strabo, Geographia, http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Strab. 11.11.1 11.11.1 He is also quoted for his general geographical knowledge of Central Asia Accordingly, if the distance from Hyrcania to Artemita in Babylonia is eight thousand stadia, as is stated by Apollodorus of Artemita, and the distance from there to the mouth of the Persian Sea another eight thousand, and again eight thousand, or a little less, to the places that lie on the same parallel as the extremities of Ethiopia , there would remain of the above mentioned breadth ... Strab. 11.11.1 11.11.1 DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus Of Artemita Category Ancient Greek writers Category ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus (painter)

    Ancient Greek painters Apollodorus Skiagraphos lang el was an influential Ancient .... Apollodorus left a technique behind known as skiagraphia, a way to easily produce shadow, that affected ... Little is known about the actual life of Apollodorus, although he was catalogued by the notable historians Plutarch and Pliny the Elder . It was recorded that Apollodorus Floruit was active around ... or fragments of works. ref name answers.com Apollodorus. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Columbia University Press., 2003. Answers.com 26 Nov. 2008. http www.answers.com topic apollodorus ... painter Apollodorus of Athens therefore, it can be assumed that he lived and worked in the polis ... ancient Greek historians, he was Apollodorus Skiagraphos, The Shadow Painter, named after his greatest .... One of the major artistic techniques that Apollodorus developed was called skiagraphia, or shading .... But, as recorded by the famed historian Plutarch, an inscription above one of Apollodorus painting ... skiagraphia. Apollodorus used an intricate way of crosshatching and the thickening of inner contour ... is usually used. Another one of Apollodorus greatest accomplishments did not have to do with his actual style or technique on the other hand, it only had to do with the medium he chose. Apollodorus ... Greece Sources and Documents. New York Cambridge UP, 1990. 146 47. ref In the end, Apollodorus was responsible ... of Heraclea Lucania Heraclea was one of Apollodorus biggest enemies. Zeuxis was tutored in the arts by Demophilus of Himera and Neseus of Thasos . Apollodorus should have treated Zeuxis great respect ..., as recorded by Pliny, were constantly at odds with each other. At one point, Apollodorus even accused ... was also attributed with the expansion and development of Apollodorus prized skiagraphia. ref name ... painter to adapt Apollodorus creation for his own purposes. Another painter named Parrhasius ... of Apollodorus skiagraphia. ref name Arafat, Karim 2008 Skiagraphia continued to mutate ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus of Seleucia

    Apollodorus lang el of Seleucia on the Tigris Seleucia , flourished c. 150 BC , was a Stoicism Stoic philosopher , and a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon . He wrote a number of handbooks lang el on Stoicism, including ones on Ethics and Physics which are frequently cited by Diogenes La rtius . ref name diog1 Diogenes La rtius, http www.fordham.edu halsall ancient diogeneslaertius book7 stoics.html The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, VII ref Apollodorus is famous for describing Cynic ism as the short path to virtue , ref name diog1 and he may have been the first Stoic after the time of Zeno of Citium Zeno to systematically attempt to reconcile Stoicism with Cynicism. The lengthy account of Cynicism given by Diogenes La rtius, ref Diogenes La rtius, http www.fordham.edu halsall ancient diogeneslaertius book6 cynics.html The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, VI ref which is presented from a Stoic point of view, may be derived from Apollodorus, ref Dawson, D., Cities of the Gods Communist Utopias in Greek Thought , Oxford University Press. 1992 . ref and it is possible that he was the first Stoic to promote the idea of a line of Cynic succession from Socrates to Zeno Socrates Antisthenes Diogenes of Sinope Diogenes Crates of Thebes Crates Zeno . His book on Physics was well known in ancient times, and the Stoic Theo of Alexandria wrote a commentary on it in the 1st century AD. ref Suda, Theo . ref It is quoted several times by Diogenes La rtius, and Stobaeus records Apollodorus views on the nature of time blockquote Time is the dimension of the world s motion and it is infinity infinite in just the way that the whole number is said to be infinite. Some of it is past , some present, and some future . But the whole of time is present, as we ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Apollodorus of Seleucia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Apollodorus ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus (crater)

    Mercury crater data image Image Spider crater on planet mercury.jpg 200px Pantheon Fossae in Caloris Basin caption Apollodorus lies near the center of the Pantheon Fossae trough pattern latitude 30.58 N or S N longitude 197.01 E or W W diameter 41.0 km depth eponym Apollodorus of Damascus Apollodorus is an impact crater on Mercury planet Mercury . It is located near the center of Pantheon Fossae , which is a system of radial graben s situated in the inner part of the Caloris basin . The floor, crater rim rim and walls of Apollodorus expose a low reflectance material LRM excavated during the impact from beneath the light volcanic plains, which cover the central part of the Caloris. ref name Watters2009 cite journal last1 Watters first1 Thomas R. last2 Murchie first2 Scott L. last3 Robinson first3 Mark S. last4 et al. first4 Sean C. last5 Denevi first5 Brett W. last6 Andr first6 Sarah L. last7 Head first7 James W. title Emplacement and tectonic deformation of smooth plains in the Caloris basin, Mercury year 2009 journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters volume 285 issue 3 4 pages 309 319 doi 10.1016 j.epsl.2009.03.040 bibcode 2009E&PSL.285..309W ref It is not currently known whether it played a role in the fossae s formation or if its location is merely a coincidence, although no graben appears to cut the crater rim, and the dark impact ejecta partially covers grabens suggesting that Apolodorus postdates Pantheon Fossae. In addition, the crater is actually slightly by about 40  km offset from the exact center of the Fossae. ref name Watters2009 Apollodorus of Damascus is credited as the architect of the Pantheon in Rome. ref name pantheonfossae cite web url http messenger.jhuapl.edu gallery sciencePhotos image.php?gallery id 2&image id 182 title MESSENGER MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging date May 5, 2008 accessdate November 17, 2009 publisher JHU APL ref References reflist Category Impact craters on Mercury Mercury planet stub no Ap ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus the Epicurean

    Apollodorus 2nd century BCE was an Epicurean philosopher, and head of the Epicurean school in Athens . He was according to Diogenes La rtius surnamed Tyrant of the Garden lang el from his exercising a kind of tyranny or supremacy in the garden or school of Epicurus. ref name diogx26 Diogenes La rtius, x. 26 ref He was the teacher of Zeno of Sidon , ref name diogx26 who succeeded him as the head of the school, about 100 BC . He is said to have written upwards of 400 books, ref name diogx26 but they have all perished. Only two works are mentioned by title. One was called a Life of Epicurus . ref name diogx2 Diogenes La rtius, x. 2 ref He also wrote a Collection of Doctrines , in which he asserted that Epicurus had written a greater amount of original writing than the Stoicism Stoic Chrysippus , because although Chrysippus had written 700 books, they were filled with quotations from other authors. ref Diogenes La rtius, vii. 180 ref Notes reflist SmithDGRBM Epicureanism Category 2nd century BC Greek people Category 2nd century BC philosophers Category Epicurean philosophers Category Hellenistic era philosophers in Athens Category Roman era philosophers in Athens br Apollodoros an Epikurad ca Apol lodor Epicur el es Apolodoro epic reo fr Apollodore l picurien pt Apolodoro, o Epicurista ru fi Apollodoros Puutarhantyranni sv Apollodorus ...   more details



  1. Apollodorus the Sicilian

    Apollodorus was a loyal follower of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII . In 48 BC he is supposed to have enabled Cleopatra to get in the palace of Alexandria to Julius Caesar and in this way to strengthen decisively her position in the power struggle with her brother Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator Ptolemy XIII . When Caesar came to Alexandria in the summer of 48 BC he summoned the estranged Ptolemaic brother and sister to submit to his decision. Ptolemy XIII was at this time with his army at the Egyptian border near Pelusium opposite the troops of Cleopatra. He was first to go to Caesar. Cleopatra first sent negotiators to explain her point of view but, according to the historian Cassius Dio , she soon became convinced that if she came personally she could more easily win the Roman ruler over by her charm and beauty. Caesar promised her a confidential conversation. ref Cassius Dio, Roman History 42.34.3 6 ref Apparently Ptolemy XIII tried to block his sister the access to Alexandria. Plutarch gives an account of her adventurous journey to the Egyptian capital. According to this report she chose from her retinue only one follower, Apollodorus the Sicilian, ref Plutarch, Caesar 49.1 ref and travelled with him to Alexandria. The Roman poet Lucan claims, that when Cleopatra arrived near the city she bribed a guardian to remove the chains in the harbour of Pharus ref Lucan, Pharsalia 10.56 57 Livy is probably the source of Lucan . ref In any case she entered the harbour of Alexandria by sea, because both Plutarch and Lucan say that she landed unobserved with her barque near the royal palace. ref Plutarch, Caesar 49.1 Lucan, Pharsalia 10.57 58 ref According to Plutarch this happened in the twilight, and the Greek biographer adds that Cleopatra thought that her only chance to get to Caesar was to stretch herself at full length inside a bed sack or carpet while Apollodorus tied it up ... personal appearance. Nothing else is known about Apollodorus. Notes reflist 2 References Michael Grant ...   more details



  1. Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)

    . Pseudo Apollodorus A certain Apollodorus is indicated as author on some surviving manuscripts Diller 1983 . This Apollodorus has been mistakenly identified with Apollodorus of Athens born c. 180 BC ... on Homer that Apollodorus of Athens did leave a similar comprehensive repertory on mythology, in the form ... from Photius onwards. Since for chronological reasons Apollodorus of Athens could not have written the book, the author of the Bibliotheca is conventionally called the Pseudo Apollodorus by those wishing ... an epitome of the book by conflating two manuscript summaries of the text, ref Frazer, Apollodorus ... edition of Apollodorus was published in Rome in 1555, edited by Benedetto Egio Benedictus Aegius ... scholarship scholia minora on Homer to Apollodorus, in three books, as Diller noted in 1935 p ... Greek text. http old.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Apollod. 1.1.1 Online Text Apollodorus ... of the text, printed editions,textual criticism, etc. https perswww.kuleuven.be u0013314 apollodorus index.htm Apollodorus the Mythographer http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus1.html Online Text Apollodorus The Library translated by J. G. Frazer condensed text 4 pgs http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper ... Perseus Encyclopedia , Apollodorus 4 Further reading Diller, Aubrey 1983 . Studies in Greek ... Abstract. Originally as The Text History of the Bibliotheca of Pseudo Apollodorus , in Transactions ... of Greek Mythology Oxford University Press . Smith, R.S. and S. Trzaskoma 2007 . Apollodorus Library ...   more details



  1. Euryte

    In Greek mythology , the name Euryte may refer to A nymph , mother of Halirrhothius by Poseidon . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 14. 2 ref Daughter of Hippodamas and granddaughter of Achelous . By Porthaon , she was the mother of Oineus , Agrius , Leucopeus, Melas mythology Melas , Alcathous and Sterope . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 1. 7. 10 ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Nymphs Category Women in Greek mythology Greek myth stub it Eurite ...   more details



  1. Sthenele

    In Greek mythology, the name Sthenele lang grc may refer to Daughter of Danaus and Memphis, who married and killed Sthenelus, son of Aegyptus and Tyria. ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5 ref Daughter of Acastus and mother of Patroclus by Menoetius mythology Menoetius of Opus, Greece Opus . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 13. 8 ref ref Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica , 1. 46 ref ref Scholia on Homer , Iliad , 16. 14 ref ref Scholia on Pindar , Olympian Ode 9, 107 ref Other possible mothers of Patroclus are Polymele and Periopis. References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Danaids ...   more details



  1. Epicaste

    Epicaste lang grc or Epicasta is a name attributed to four women in Greek mythology . Epicaste, daughter of Augeas . She bore Heracles a son, Thestalus. ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus2.html 2.7.8 . ref Epicaste, daughter of Calydon son of Aetolus Calydon and Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon . She married Agenor son of Pleuron Agenor son of Pleuron Greek mythology Pleuron her first cousin and had children Porthaon , Demonice , and Thestius . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus1.html 1.7.7 . ref Epicaste is another name for Jocasta , used by Homer . ref Homer , Iliad , 11. 271 ref ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0022 3Atext 3DLibrary 3Abook 3D3 3Achapter 3D5 3Asection 3D7 3. 5. 7 ref Epicaste, wife of Clymenus , son of Teleus or Argos , and mother of Harpalyce , Idas, and Therager. ref Parthenius of Nicaea , Love Stories , 13 http www.theoi.com Text Parthenius.html Theoi Project Parthenius ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Greek myth stub es Epicaste fi Epikaste sr ...   more details



  1. Laodocus

    In Greek mythology , the name Laodocus or Leodocus may refer to An illegitimate son of Priam . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 12. 5 ref A son of Antenor mythology Antenor . Athena assumed his shape to persuade Pandarus to break the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans. ref Homer , Iliad , 4. 85 ref He is possibly the same as the Laodocus killed by Diomedes . ref Quintus Smyrnaeus , Fall of Troy , 11. 85 ref A son of Apollo and Phthia, brother of Dorus and Polypoetes all three were killed by Aetolus . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 1. 7. 6 ref One of the Argonauts , son of Bias mythology Bias and Pero , brother of Talaus and Areius. ref Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica , 1. 119 ref ref Valerius Flaccus , Argonautica , 1. 358 ref ref Argonautica Orphica , 149 ref A warrior in the army of Seven against Thebes , who won the javelin throwing match at the funeral games of Opheltes . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 6. 4 ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Trojans Category People of the Trojan War Category Argonauts Category Offspring of Apollo ...   more details



  1. Themiste

    Refimprove date December 2009 In Greek mythology , Themiste was the daughter of Ilus and Eurydice of Troy Eurydice , sister of Laomedon and mother of Anchises by her husband Capys , son of Assaracus . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 12. 2 ref References Reflist Family tree Trojan race Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Trojans Greek myth stub es Temiste fr Th mist pl Temiste pt Tem ste fi Themiste ...   more details



  1. Stratonice (mythology)

    Stratonice greek language gr. lang grc , lang grc army lang grc victory is the name of four women in Greek mythology . 1. Stratonice , one of the fifty daughters of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Atromus. ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 2.7.8 http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus2.html ref 2. Stratonice , a daughter of Pleuron Greek mythology Pleuron and Xanthippe mythology Xanthippe . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 1.7.7 http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus2.html ref 3. Stratonice , mother of Eurytus by Melaneus . ref Hesiod , Catalogue of Women , 79 http www.theoi.com Text HesiodCatalogues.html ref 4. Stratonice , mother of Poemander mythology Poemander by Chaeresilaus . She was carried off by Achilles . ref Plutarch , Greek Questions , 37 ref ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 9. 20. 1 ref References references Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology ...   more details



  1. Hippodamas

    In Greek mythology , the name Hippodamas may refer to Father of Perimele . He pushed his daughter off a cliff when he discovered that she was having a love affair with Achelous . ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , 8. 591 ff ref Son of Achelous and Perimede mythology Perimede , daughter of Aeolus , brother of Orestes not the same as Orestes , son of Agamemnon he was the father of Euryte . ref Hesiod , Catalogue of Women fr. 10 a Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 1.7.3, 1.7.10 ref A bastard son of Priam of Troy . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 12. 5 ref He was killed by Ajax the Great . ref Dictys Cretensis , 3. 7 ref ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 113, where he is called Hippodamus ref Another Trojan, was killed by Achilles . ref Homer , Iliad , 20. 401 406 ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Trojans Category People of the Trojan War it Ippodamante ...   more details



  1. Bibliotheca

    wiktionary bibliotheca Bibliotheca may refer to Bibliotheca Photius Bibliotheca Photius , a 9th century work of Byzantine Patriarch Photius Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus , a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends See also Library disambig de Bibliotheke it Bibliotheca ...   more details



  1. Dotis

    In Greek mythology , Dotis is a name that may refer to Dotis male , son of Asterius and Amphictyone herself daughter of Phthius . According to Pherecydes of Leros Pherecydes , he was the eponym of the city Dotion Dotium in Thessaly . Alternate mythical eponyms were Dotia, daughter of Elatus , and Dotus, son of either Pelasgus or Neonus the son of Hellen . ref Stephanus of Byzantium , s. v. D tion ref Dotis female , whom the Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca gives as the mother of Phlegyas with Ares , ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 5. 5 ref and Athenaeus as the mother of Syme mythology Syme by Ialysus. ref Athenaeus , Banquet of the Learned , 7. p. 296 ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Thessalian mythology Category Women in Greek mythology ...   more details



  1. Molus (mythology)

    In Greek mythology , the name Molus may refer to Molus, the illegitimate son of Deucalion Cretan Deucalion son of Minos . Father, by Melphis or Euippe, of Meriones mythology Meriones , the charioteer of Idomeneus . ref Pseudo Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 3.3.1 3.3.1 Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 5.79.4 Hyginus , Fabulae , 97 Tzetzes , Homeric Allegories , Prologue, 587 ref Molus, a son of Ares and Demonice , daughter of Agenor, son of Pleuron Agenor . ref Pseudo Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 1.7.7 1.7.7 ref References reflist Bibliography Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Pseudo Apollodorus , Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Cretan mythology Category Aetolian mythology Category Offspring of Ares ...   more details




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