Apollonius of Rhodes facts for kids

Apollonius of Rhodes was a Greek poet. He wrote Argonautica. This is an epic poem. It is about Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece. His other poems survive only in small pieces. These poems are about the beginnings of cities. Apollonius was a librarian at the Library of Alexandria. He lived and died in the first half of third century BC.

• A Hellenistic Bibliography, with exhaustive bibliographies on Apollonius: 1496–2005, 1496–2005 excluding reviews, 2001–2005, editions etc.

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  A coin showing Ptolemy III Euergetes, who may have been a pupil of Apollonius

See also

• In Spanish: Apolonio de Rodas