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 Apollonius of Rhodes, also known as Apollonius Rhodius (Latin; Greek Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος Apollōnios Rhodios), early 3rd century BCE - after 246 BCE, was an epic poet, scholar, and director of the Library of Alexandria. He is best known...
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 The Economist (US) Rhodes.
10/05/1996: 1,189 words, approx. 4 pages RHODES: THE RACE FOR AFRICA. By Antony Thomas. BBC Books; 367 pages; Pounds 17.99. RHODES. By Sarah Gertrude Millin. Chatto & Windus (1933). CECIL RHODES AND THE CAPE AFRIKANERS. By Mordechai Tamarkin. Frank Cass; 339 pages; Pounds 35 and $47.50 ... summary from source:
Mathematics and Computer Education Technology illustration of four solutions to the Problem of Apollonius
04/01/2003: 2,318 words, approx. 8 pages INTRODUCTION Eves [2, p. 149 ] calls Euclid, Archimedes and Apollonius "the three mathematical giants of the third century B.C.". Apollonius' fame comes from his extensive work on Conic sections. He also provided us with one of the most famous classical construction problems,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Virginia Knight
20,183 words, approx. 67 pages
In the following excerpt, Knight explores Appolonius's extensive use of the Iliad and the Odyssey as literary models and as sources of allusions and similes.
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Critical Essay by Mary R. Lefkowitz
7,821 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Lefkowitz examines the contradictory evidence concerning the famous quarrel between Apollonius and Callimachus and explains the positions held by each of the two poets.
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Critical Essay by Peter Green
6,228 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following excerpt, Green reviews the known facts about the life of Apollonius and places in context his quarrel with Callimachus concerning the epic.
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