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APOLLODORUS. APOLLODORUS. 235
mythology of the Greeks, as far as the gods them- (Comp. Quintil. ii. 11. ~ 2, 15. ~ 12, iv. 1. ~ 50;
selves were concerned; the Bibliotheca, giving an Tacit. De clar. Orat. 19; Seneca, Controv. i. 2, ii.
account of the heroic ages, formed a kind of conti- 9; Sext. Empir. Adv. Math. ii. 79.) Lucian
nuation to it. (Heyne, p. 1039, &c.; MUller, p. (Macrob. 23) states, that Apollodorus died at the
428, &c.) 7. nIepl vErv tKa'rahoyov or irept veWv, age of eighty-two. (C. W. Piderit, de Apollodoro
was an historical and geographical explanation of Pergameno et Theodoro Gadarensi, Rhetoribus,
the catalogue in the second book of the Iliad. It Marburg, 4to.)
consisted of twelve books, and is frequently cited 23. Of PHALERON in Attica, a very ardent and
by Strabo and other ancient writers. (Heyne, p. zealous friend and follower of Socrates (Xen. Apol.
1099, &c.; Muller, p. 453, &c.) 8. lept 2d<ppovos, Socr. ~ 28, Mem. iii. 11. ~ 17), but unable with all
that is, a commentary on the Mimes of Sophron, of his attachment to understand the real worth of his
which the third book is quoted by Athenaeus (vii. master. He was naturally inclined to dwell upon the
p. 281), and the fourth by the Schol. on Aristoph. dark side of things, and thus became discontented
( Vesp. 483; Heyne, p. 1138; Muller, p. 461, and morose, though he had not the courage to strug&c.) 9. XpovLcd or XpovrLK) oiWv-ais, was a gle manfully for what was good. This brought upon
chronicle in iambic verses, comprising the history him the nickname of paviK's, or the eccentric man.
of 1040 years, from the destruction of Troy (1184) (Plat. Sympos. p. 173 D.) When Socrates was
down to his own time, B. c. 143. This work, going to die, Apollodorus lost all controul over
which was again, a sort of continuation of the himself, and gave himself up to tears and loud
Bibliotheca, thus completed the history from the lamentations. (Plat. Phaed. p. 117, D.) Aelian
origin of the gods and the world down to his own (V. H. i. 16) relates a droll anecdote, according to
time. Of how many books it consisted is not which Apollodorus offered to Socrates before his
quite certain. In Stephanus of Byzantium the death a suit of fine clothes, that he might die refourth book is mentioned, but if Syncellus (Chronoyr. spectably. Apollodorus occurs in several of Plato's
p. 349, ed. Dindorf.) refers to this work, it must dialogues, but the passage which gives the most
have consisted of at least eight books. The loss of lively picture of the man is in the Symposium, p.
this work is one of the severest that we have to 173, &c. Compare T. A. Wolf, Praefat. ad Symlament in the historical literature of antiquity. pos. p. 41.
(Heyne, p. 1072, &c.; Miiller, p. 435, &c.) For 24. Surnamed PvAcGRUS, one of the most influfurther information respecting Apollodorus and his ential citizens of the town of Agyrium in Sicily,
writings, see Fabricius, Bibl. Gr. iv. pp. 287- who gave his evidence against the praetor Verres.
299; C. and Th. Miiller, pp. xxxviii.-xlv. (Cic. in Verr. iii. 31, iv. 23.)
18. Of LEMNOs, a writer on agriculture, who 25. Governor of SUSIANA, was appointed to this
lived previous to the time of Aristotle (Polit. i. 4, office by Antiochus III. after the rebellion of Molo
p. 21, ed. Gottling.) He is mentioned by Varro and his brother Alexander had been put down, in
'De Re Rust. i. 1), and by Pliny. (Elench. ad B. c. 220. (Polyb. v. 54; comp. ALEXANDER,
ib)b. viii. x. xiv. xv. xvii. and xviii.) brother of Molo.)
19. Surnamed LOGISTICUS, appears to have been 26. Of TARsus, a tragic poet, of whom Suidas
i mathematician, if as is usually supposed, he is and Eudocia (p. 61) mention six tragedies; but;he same as the one who is called dapsL'yrs. nothing further is known about him. There is an-:Diog. Lairt. i. 25, viii. 12; Athen. x. p. 418.) other Apollodorus of Tarsus, who was probably a
Whether he is the same as the Apollodotus of grammarian, and wrote commentaries on the early
vhom Plutarch (Non posse vivi secund. Epic. p. dramatic writers of Greece. (Schol. ad Eurip. Med.
1094) quotes two lines, is not quite certain. 148, 169; Schol. ad Aristoph. Ran. 323, Plut. 535.)
20. A MACEDONIAN, and secretary to king 27. Of TELMESSUS, is called by Artemidorus
Philip V. He and another scribe of the name of (Oneirocr. i. 82) an cer)p 'AAyJtiuos, and seems to
Demosthenes accompanied the king to the colloquy have written a work on dreams.
It Nicaea, on the Maliac gulf, with T. Quinctius There are a few more persons of the name of
flamininus, in B. C. 198. (Polyb. xvii. 1, 8.) Apollodorus, who are mentioned in ancient writers,
21. Of NICAEA. Nothing is known about him but nothing is known about them beyond their!xcept that Stephanus Byzantius (s. v. Nicana) men- name. A list of nearly all of them is given by
ions him among the distinguished persons of that Fabricius. (Bibl. Gr. iv. p. 299, &c.) [L. S.]
own. APOLLODO'RUS, artists. 1. A painter, a na22. Of PERGAMUS, a Greek rhetorician, was the tive of Athens, flourished about 408, B. c. With him
uthor of a school of rhetoric called after him 'AmroA- commences a new period in the history of the art.
oocpeios a'lpeoes, which was subsequently opposed He gave a dramatic effect to the essential forms of
iy the school established by Theodorus of Gadara. Polygnotus, without actually departing from them as
OCo0dpeios al'pe-rs.) In his advanced age Apollo- models, by adding to them a representation of per'orus taught rhetoric at Apollonia, and here young sons and objects as they really exist, not, however,
)ctavianus (Augustus) was one of his pupils and individually, but in classes: " primus species exýecame his friend. (Strab. xiii. p. 625; Sueton. primere instituit." (Plin. xxxv. 36. ~ 1.) This
lug. 89.) Strabo ascribes to him scientific works feature in the works of Apollodorus is thus exr4XVas) on rhetoric, but Quintilian (iii. 1. ~ 18, plained by Fuseli (Lect. i.):-" The acuteness of
omp. ~ 1) on the authority of Apollodorus himself his taste led him to discover that, as all men were
eclares only one of the works ascribed to him as connected by one general form, so they were sepaenuine, and this he calls Ars (rEXvq) edita ad rated, each by some predominant power, which
latiunm, in which the author treated on oratory fixed character and bound them to a class: that in
nly in so far as speaking in the courts of justice proportion as this specific power partook of indivi7as concerned. Apollodorus himself wrote little, dual peculiarities, the farther it was removed from
nd his whole theory could be gathered only from a share in that harmonious system which constitutes
he works of his disciples, C. Valgius and Atticus. nature and consists in a due balance of all its parts.