Apollonius Rhodius
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Apollonius Rhodius , fl. 3d cent. BC, epic poet of Alexandria and Rhodes. He became librarian at Alexandria. His extant work, the Argonautica, is a Homeric imitation in four books on the story of the Argonaut heroes.
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