Apollonius of Rhodes

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Apollonius of Rhodes was a Hellenistic Greek poet and scholar best known for his epic poem the "Argonautica," which recounts Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece.

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instanceOf Greek poet ⓘ
Hellenistic poet ⓘ
ancient Greek writer ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
birthPlace Alexandria ⓘ
citizenship Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfActivity Egypt ⓘ
dateOfBirth 3rd century BCE ⓘ
dateOfDeath 3rd century BCE ⓘ
educatedAt Library of Alexandria ⓘ
employer Library of Alexandria ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork mythography ⓘ
philology ⓘ
textual scholarship ⓘ
floruit 3rd century BCE ⓘ
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
hasPart Argonautica Book 1 ⓘ
linked to: Argonautica

Argonautica Book 2 ⓘ
linked to: Argonautica

Argonautica Book 3 ⓘ
linked to: Argonautica

Argonautica Book 4 ⓘ
linked to: Argonautica
influenced Roman epic poets ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ
influencedBy Callimachus ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
movement Hellenistic literature ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
name Apollonius Rhodius ⓘ
Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
notableFor narrative of Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece ⓘ
notableWork Argonautica ⓘ
occupation librarian of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rhodes ⓘ
positionHeld head of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
residence Alexandria ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
style allusive poetry ⓘ
learned epic ⓘ
subjectOf Byzantine scholia on the Argonautica ⓘ
ancient Greek literary criticism ⓘ
workLocation Alexandria ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
wrote Argonautica ⓘ

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Colchis → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Argonautica → author → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Argonautica → traditionalAttribution → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Library of Alexandria → notableScholar → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Hellenistic poetry → hasNotableAuthor → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Chiron → sourceInLiterature → ApolloniusOfRhodes ⓘ
linked to: Apollonius of Rhodes
Oeagrus → mentionedIn → Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica ⓘ
linked to: Apollonius of Rhodes
Peleus → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Iolkos → mentionedByAuthor → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
land of the Golden Fleece → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Apollonius of Rhodes → name → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Apollonius of Rhodes → name → Apollonius Rhodius ⓘ
linked to: Apollonius of Rhodes
Nereus → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Pagasae → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Mouseion of Alexandria → notableScholar → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
subject linked to: Mouseion
Curetes → describedIn → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Museum of Alexandria → notableScholar → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Minyans → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
subject linked to: Minyans (in some traditions)
Harpies → describedInSource → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Kouretes → sourceMention → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Valerius Flaccus → influencedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Oeagrus of Thrace → mentionedIn → Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica ⓘ
linked to: Apollonius of Rhodes
Acastus → source → Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica ⓘ
linked to: Apollonius of Rhodes
Aegimius (fragmentary poem) → quotedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Amazon kingdom → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Princess of Colchis → notableAncientSource → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Χρυσόμαλλον Δέρας → narratedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Deipylus → literarySource → Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica (indirectly, via mention of Hypsipyle’s sons) ⓘ
linked to: Apollonius of Rhodes
Lycurgus of Nemea → sourceText → Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica ⓘ
linked to: Apollonius of Rhodes
Aethalides → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Alexandrian scholarship → associatedWithScholar → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Ancaeus of Samos → mentionedIn → Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica ⓘ
linked to: Apollonius of Rhodes