Apollonius the Sophist
Apollonius the Sophist was a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD and taught in Rome in the time of Tiberius. He was born in Alexandria, the son of another grammarian, Archibius of Alexandria (or was possibly Archibius's father). He was the author of a Homeric dictionary (Λέξεις Ὁμηρικαί), the only work of this kind existent today.
Apollonius the Sophist
- Full name
- Ἀπολλώνιος.
- Born
- 1. · Alexandria.
- Died
- 150.
- Occupation
- writer.
- Languages
- Ancient Greek.
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Apollonius the Sophist was a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD and taught in Rome in the time of Tiberius. He was born in Alexandria, the son of another grammarian, Archibius of Alexandria (or was possibly Archibius's father). He was the author of a Homeric dictionary (Λέξεις Ὁμηρικαί), the only work of this kind existent today.
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Recorded at birth as Ἀπολλώνιος. Born at Alexandria in 1, died in 150.
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- 1.Apollonius (the Sophist). Apollonius. 186.
- 2.Naoumides M. Notes on literary papyri. Trans Proc Am Philol Assoc. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 93. 240–52. 1962. 10.2307/283764.
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