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(circa 295-215 BCE) A Greek epic poet born in Alexandria, Egypt where he was the director of the Library of Alexandria (circa 250 BCE).
His most famous work, Argonautika (Argonautica), was a four-volume epic of the adventures of Iason (Jason) and the Argonauts.
An argument with his teacher, Kallimakhus (Callimachus), over literary style forced Apollonius to flee Egypt and seek citizenship on the island of Rhodes, thus he is known as Apollonius of Rhodes.
I highly recommend The Argonautika translated by Peter Green (ISBN 0520076877); this book can be found at your library in the 883 section or you can order The Argonautika from our Book Shop which is linked to Amazon.com.
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