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

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

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Apollonius of Rhodes says that the original colonists came from Issa in Lesbos, and were Pelasgic Liburnians; but Polybius tells of a Greek colonisation in 392 B.C. under Dionysios the Elder, of Syracuse.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The Greek writer to whom Virgil owes most perhaps, is Apollonius of Rhodes, from whose Argonautica he borrowed the love interest of the Aeneid.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax