Apollonius of Rhodes

/ ˌæpəˈləʊnɪəs /

noun

1. Apollonius of Rhodes3rd century bc3rd century bcMGreekWRITING: poetWRITING: librarian 3rd century bc , Greek epic poet and head of the Library of Alexandria. His principal work is the four-volume Argonautica

Example Sentences

The account of Orpheus with the Argonauts is told only by Apollonius of Rhodes, a third-century Greek poet.

From Literature

Apollonius of Rhodes told at length the Quest of the Golden Fleece, and in connection with the story a number of other myths.

From Literature

This is the title of a long poem, very popular in classical days, by the third-century poet Apollonius of Rhodes.

From Literature

Also all the novels by Tabucchi, the complete poems of the Persian poet Hafez, “Giovanni’s Room,” by James Baldwin, “In the Light of What We Know,” by Zia Haider Rahman, Apollonius of Rhodes, “Panorama,” by H. G. Adler, Custine’s “Lettres de Russie,” “Moscow to the End of the Line,” by Venedikt Erofeev, and last but not least a book I’ve never read cover to cover but was consumed by in my younger days: Richard von Krafft-Ebing’s “Psychopathia Sexualis.”

From New York Times

We discussed our plan of study: I continue with the Locke seized from Mr. Jonathan Gitney’s library; for Latin and for pleasure, the Æneid again; for Greek, Apollonius of Rhodes’s tale of the Argo’s voyage to find the Golden Fleece.

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