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Apollodorus of Athens

180 BC - 110 BC

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Apollodorus of Athens (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, Apollodoros ho Athenaios; c. 180 BC – after 120 BC), son of Asclepiades, was a Greek scholar, historian, and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius the Stoic, and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, under whom he appears to have studied together with his contemporary Dionysius Thrax. He left (perhaps fled) Alexandria around 146 BC, most likely for Pergamon, and eventually settled in Athens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Apollodorus of Athens is the 107th most popular philosopher (up from 239th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Greece (up from 130th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Apollodorus of Athens is most famous for his work Bibliotheca, which is a catalogue of all the Greek myths and legends.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 107 out of 1,267. Before him are Al-Tabari, Friedrich Fröbel, Roger Bacon, Boethius, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, and George Gurdjieff. After him are Jeremy Bentham, Antisthenes, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Emil Cioran, Bodhidharma, and John Scotus Eriugena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 180 BC, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 1. After him are Viriathus, Gaius Lucilius, Publius Mucius Scaevola, Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, Lucius Coelius Antipater, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Porcina. Among people deceased in 110 BC, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 1. After him are Panaetius, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Clitomachus, and Sima Tan.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 51 out of 1,024. Before him are Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Pope Sixtus II (215), Alcibiades (-450), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Pindar (-517), and Queen Sofía of Spain (1938). After him are Menander (-342), Antisthenes (-445), Praxiteles (-395), Irene of Athens (752), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), and Vangelis (1943).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 11. Before him are Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Gorgias (-483), and Theophrastus (-371). After him are Antisthenes (-445), Pyrrho (-365), Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), Melissus of Samos (-470), and Hippias (-443).

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