What is Apollonius of Rhodes?
'''Apollonius of Rhodes''' was a Greek poet. He wrote ''[[Argonautica]]''. This is an [[epic poem]]. It is about [[Jason]], the [[Argonauts]], and the [[Golden Fleece]]. His other poems survive only in small pieces. These poems are about the beginnings of cities. Apollonius was a [[librarian]] at the [[Library of Alexandria]]. He lived and died in the first half of third century BC. == Other websites == {{wikisource author|Apollonius Rhodius}} *{{gutenberg author| id=Rhodius+Apollonius | name=Apollonius of Rhodes}} *''A Hellenistic Bibliography'', with exhaustive bibliographies on Apollonius: [http://www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=184&c=119 1496–2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828193950/http://www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=184&c=119 |date=2007-08-28 }}, [http://www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=184&c=212 1496–2005 excluding reviews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730190042/http://www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=184&c=212 |date=2007-07-30 }}, [http://www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=184&c=120 2001–2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730185232/http://www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=184&c=120 |date=2007-07-30 }}, [http://www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=184&c=121 editions etc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716051631/http://www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=184&c=121 |date=2007-07-16 }} *[http://www.attalus.org/translate/poets.html#apollonius0 Life of Apollonius, from the scholia] at attalus.org *[http://www.attalus.org/translate/poets.html#apollonius3 P.Oxy. 1241] at attalus.org {{Ancient Greece: Arts and Culture}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Ancient Greek poets]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]] [[Category:Year of death unknown]] [[Category:Rhodes]] [[Category:3rd-century people]] {{bio-stub}}