Apollonius Rhodius (3rd century B.C.)He was of Alexandria by birth, lived in the time of the Ptolemies, and was a pupil of Callimachus. Apollonius was a contemporary of Eratosthenes, Euphorion and Timarchus. In Alexandria, he composed and publically recited the "Argonautica"; the poem was condemned. He then went to Rhodes where he revised the poem and recited it successfully. Thereafter he called himself a Rhodian. Works |