Apollonius of Rhodes

British  

/ ˌæpəˈləʊnɪəs /

noun

1. 3rd century _bc , Greek epic poet and head of the Library of Alexandria. His principal work is the four-volume Argonautica

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Example Sentences

This is the title of a long poem, very popular in classical days, by the third-century poet Apollonius of Rhodes.

From Literature

Apollonius of Rhodes told at length the Quest of the Golden Fleece, and in connection with the story a number of other myths.

From Literature

The account of Orpheus with the Argonauts is told only by Apollonius of Rhodes, a third-century Greek poet.

From Literature

We discussed our plan of study: I continue with the Locke seized from Mr. Jonathan Gitney’s library; for Latin and for pleasure, the Æneid again; for Greek, Apollonius of Rhodes’s tale of the Argo’s voyage to find the Golden Fleece.

From Literature

Little wonder, then, that Penguin has borrowed that spectacular film’s title for its new translation of “Argonautica,” Apollonius of Rhodes’s epic poem about the quest for the Golden Fleece.

From Washington Post