Apollonius of Rhodes

Apollonius of Rhodes was a Greek poet. He wrote Argonautica. This is an epic poem. It is about Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece. His other poems survive only in small pieces. These poems are about the beginnings of cities. Apollonius was a librarian at the Library of Alexandria. He lived and died in the first half of third century BC.

 Other websites 

A Hellenistic Bibliography, with exhaustive bibliographies on Apollonius: 1496–2005 , 1496–2005 excluding reviews , 2001–2005 , editions etc. 
Life of Apollonius, from the scholia at attalus.org
P.Oxy. 1241 at attalus.org

Category:Ancient Greek poets
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Category:Rhodes
Category:3rd-century people