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- Apollonius CronusApollonius CronusApollonius Cronus from Cyrene was a philosopher of the Megarian school.Very little is known about him. He was the pupil of Eubulides, and was the teacher of Diodorus Cronus, as Strabo relates:Apollonius Cronus, was from Cyrene, .....
(fl. 4th century BC), philosopher of the Megarian school - Apollonius of RhodesApollonius of RhodesApollonius Rhodius, also known as Apollonius of Rhodes , early 3rd century BCE – after 246 BCE, was a poet, and a librarian at the Library of Alexandria...
(born c. 270 BC), librarian and poet - Apollonius of Aphrodisias (3rd century BC?), historian of CariaCariaCaria was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the Carian population in forming Greek-dominated states there...
(FGrHist no. 740) - Apollonius of PergaApollonius of PergaApollonius of Perga [Pergaeus] was a Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections. His innovative methodology and terminology, especially in the field of conics, influenced many later scholars including Ptolemy, Francesco Maurolico, Isaac Newton, and René Descartes...
(262–190 BC), geometer and astronomer - Apollonius of TrallesApollonius of TrallesApollonius of Tralles was a Greek sculptor who flourished in the 2nd century BCE. With his brother Tauriscus, he executed the marble group known as the Farnese Bull, representing Zethus and Amphion tying the revengeful Dirce to the tail of a wild bull....
(fl. 2nd century BC), sculptor - Apollonius paradoxographusApollonius paradoxographusApollonius paradoxographus was the author of a paradoxographical work Mirabilia which was compiled from the works of earlier writers....
(2nd century BC), paradoxographer - Apollonius (physician)Apollonius (physician)Apollonius was the name of several physicians in the time of Ancient Greece and Rome:*Apollonius Antiochenus, , was the name of two physicians, father and son, who were born at Antioch, and belonged to the Empiric school. They lived after Serapion of Alexandria, and before Menodotus, and therefore...
, several physicians in Ancient Greece and Rome - Apollonius the EffeminateApollonius the EffeminateApollonius, surnamed ὁ μαλακος , a Greek rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria, who flourished about 120 BC. After studying under Menecles, chief of the Asiatic school of oratory, he settled in Rhodes, where he taught rhetoric. Among his pupils were Q...
(fl. 120 BC) a Greek rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria - Apollonius MolonApollonius MolonApollonius Molon or Molo of Rhodes , Greek rhetorician who flourished about 70 BC.He was a native of Alabanda, a pupil of Menecles, and settled at Rhodes. He twice visited Rome as an ambassador from Rhodes, and Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Julius Caesar both took lessons from him...
(fl. 70 BC), rhetorician - Apollonius of Tyre (philosopher) (fl. 60 BC), Stoic philosopher
- Apollonius of Athens (fl. 1st century BC), sculptor
- Apollonius of Citium (fl. 1st century BC), physician
- Apollonius the SophistApollonius the SophistApollonius, also called "the Sophist", was a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD and taught in Rome in the time of Tiberius. He was born in Alexandria, the son of another grammarian, Archibius....
of Alexandria, a famous grammarian who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD - Apollonius of TyanaApollonius of TyanaApollonius of Tyana was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Asia Minor. Little is certainly known about him...
(ca. 40—120 AD), Pythagorean philosopher - Apollonius DyscolusApollonius DyscolusApollonius Dyscolus is considered one of the greatest of the Greek grammarians. He was born at Alexandria, son of Mnesitheus. The dates for his life are not known...
(fl. 2nd century AD), grammarian - Apollonius the Apologist (died c. 186 AD), religious leader
- Apollonius of EphesusApollonius of EphesusApollonius of Ephesus was an anti-Montanist Greek ecclesiastical writer, probably from Asia Minor.He was thoroughly acquainted with the Christian history of Ephesus and the doings of the Phrygian Montanists. The unknown author of Praedestinatus says he was a Bishop of Ephesus. However, the lack of...
(fl. 180-210 AD), religious leader and writer - Apollonius (praetorian prefect)Apollonius (praetorian prefect)Apollonius was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.He was comes sacrarum largitionum in 436, then Praetorian prefect of the East from August 21, 442 to May 22, 443...
(442-443), Roman Praetorian prefect - Apollonius (magister militum)Apollonius (magister militum)- Biography :Apollonius was a Pagan and well-educated. Before 448 he converted to Christianity. He received two letters by Theodoret.He was magister militum praesentalis in the East at least since 443 and until 451, when he was sent to Attila as ambassador; in that occasion the King of the Huns...
(fl. 443-451), Eastern Roman general - Apollonius (consul 460)Apollonius (consul 460)Flavius Apollonius was an East Roman consul in 460.He could be identified with that Apollonius who was praetorian prefect of the East in 442-443, or with that Apollonius who was magister militum in 443-451.- Bibliography :...
, consul in 460
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- Apollonius of TyreApollonius of TyreApollonius of Tyre is the subject of an ancient short novella, popular during medieval times. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, the text is thought to be translated from an ancient Greek manuscript, now lost.-Plot summary:...
, medieval fictional character - Apollonius (crater)Apollonius (crater)Apollonius is a lunar crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies in the region of uplands to the west of Mare Undarum and northeast of the Sinus Successus on the Mare Fecunditatis...
, on moon - Apollonius' theoremApollonius' theoremIn geometry, Apollonius' theorem is a theorem relating the length of a median of a triangle to the lengths of its side.Specifically, in any triangle ABC, if AD is a median, thenAB^2 + AC^2 = 2\,...
, an elementary geometry theorem about triangles - Circles of ApolloniusCircles of ApolloniusThe term circle of Apollonius is used to describe several types of circles associated with Apollonius of Perga, a renowned Greek geometer. Most of these circles are found in planar Euclidean geometry, but analogs have been defined on other surfaces; for example, counterparts on the surface of a...
See also
- Apollo (disambiguation)Apollo (disambiguation)Apollo is a Greek and Roman god of music, healing, light, prophecy and enlightenment.Apollo may also refer to:-People:* Apollo, also called the Nzema people, an Akan people who live in southwestern Ghana...
- Apollinaris (disambiguation)
- Apollodorus (disambiguation)Apollodorus (disambiguation)Apollodorus was a popular name in ancient Greece. It may refer to:*Apollodorus of Athens , historian and mythographer*The Pseudo-Apollodorus, author of the Bibliotheca...
- Apollonia (disambiguation)