Apollonius of Rhodes

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Greek poet Hellenistic poet ancient Greek writer librarian scholar

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Apollonius of Rhodes canonical	13
Apollonius Rhodius	1
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica	1
ApolloniusOfRhodes	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ surface form: Argonautica Book 1 Argonautica ⓘ surface form: Argonautica Book 2 Argonautica ⓘ surface form: Argonautica Book 3 Argonautica ⓘ surface form: Argonautica Book 4
influenced	Roman epic poets ⓘ Virgil ⓘ
influencedBy	Callimachus ⓘ Homer ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Hellenistic period ⓘ
movement	Hellenistic poetry ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic literature
name	Apollonius of Rhodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apollonius Rhodius Apollonius of Rhodes self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ

this entity surface form: ApolloniusOfRhodes

Oeagrus → mentionedIn → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica

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 self-link ⓘ

Apollonius of Rhodes → name → Apollonius of Rhodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollonius Rhodius

Nereus → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ

Pagasae → mentionedBy → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ

Mouseion → notableScholar → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ

subject surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria

Curetes → describedIn → Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ