Apollodorus was an Epicurean philosopher, and head of the Epicurean school in Athens. He was according to Diogenes Laërtius[1] surnamed Tyrant of the Garden (Greek: κηποτύραννος), from his exercising a kind of tyranny or supremacy in the garden or school of Epicurus. He was the teacher of Zeno of Sidon, who became his successor as the head of the school, about c. 100 BC. He is said to have written upwards of 400 books,[1] but only one of them is mentioned by its title: a Life of Epicurus.[1] This as well as his other works have completely perished.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).
