Apollodorus of Athens

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ancient Greek scholar chronographer grammarian historian of literature mythographer

Apollodorus of Athens was a 2nd-century BCE Greek scholar and grammarian known for his influential mythographical and chronological works.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Apollodorus	9

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek scholar ⓘ chronographer ⓘ grammarian ⓘ historian of literature ⓘ mythographer ⓘ
approximateBirthCenturyBCE	2nd century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Library of Alexandria ⓘ Pergamene scholarly tradition ⓘ
Chronica_endingPoint	mid-2nd century BCE ⓘ
Chronica_form	didactic poem ⓘ
Chronica_language	Koine Greek ⓘ
Chronica_meter	iambic trimeter ⓘ
Chronica_startingPoint	Trojan War ⓘ surface form: fall of Troy
Chronica_subject	chronological history from the fall of Troy to his own time ⓘ
citedBy	Athenaeus ⓘ Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ surface form: Diogenes Laertius Strabo ⓘ scholia on Homer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
deathPlace_uncertain	likely Athens or another Greek city ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Pseudo-Apollodorus (author of the Bibliotheca)
era	Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Athenian ⓘ
fieldOfWork	chronology ⓘ grammar ⓘ literary scholarship ⓘ mythography ⓘ
floruitCenturyBCE	2nd century BCE ⓘ
influenced	Hellenistic scholarship ⓘ Roman-era mythographers ⓘ later chronographers ⓘ
knownFor	chronological works ⓘ mythographical works ⓘ philological scholarship ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
name	Apollodorus of Athens self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Chronica ⓘ On Homer ⓘ On the Athenian demes ⓘ On the Catalogue of Ships ⓘ On the Gods ⓘ
specialization	Greek mythology ⓘ Homeric scholarship ⓘ chronological dating of historical and mythical events ⓘ
studentOf	Aristarchus of Samothrace ⓘ
workStatus_Chronica	extant in fragments ⓘ
workStatus_OnHomer	lost ⓘ
workStatus_OnTheAthenianDemes	fragmentary ⓘ
workStatus_OnTheCatalogueOfShips	lost ⓘ
workStatus_OnTheGods	extant in fragments ⓘ