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Apollonius of Rhodes

295 BC - 215 BC

Apollonius of Rhodes

Apollonius of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος Apollṓnios Rhódios; Latin: Apollonius Rhodius; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the Argonautica, an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. The poem is one of the few extant examples of the epic genre and it was both innovative and influential, providing Ptolemaic Egypt with a "cultural mnemonic" or national "archive of images", and offering the Latin poets Virgil and Gaius Valerius Flaccus a model for their own epics. His other poems, which survive only in small fragments, concerned the beginnings or foundations of cities, such as Alexandria and Cnidus places of interest to the Ptolemies, whom he served as a scholar and librarian at the Library of Alexandria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Apollonius of Rhodes is the 332nd most popular writer (up from 346th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 67th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Writer.

Apollonius of Rhodes is most famous for his epic poem the Argonautica, which follows Jason and the Argonauts on their quest to find the Golden Fleece.

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Among writers, Apollonius of Rhodes ranks 332 out of 7,302. Before him are Colette, Anne Brontë, André Malraux, William Golding, Callimachus, and Jaggi Vasudev. After him are Philip K. Dick, Michael Ende, Saadi Shirazi, Christine de Pizan, Mario Puzo, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

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Colette
1873 - 1954
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 326
Anne Brontë
1820 - 1849
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 327
André Malraux
1901 - 1976
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 328
William Golding
1911 - 1993
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 329
Callimachus
310 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 330
Jaggi Vasudev
1957 - Present
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 331
Apollonius of Rhodes
295 BC - 215 BC
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 332
Philip K. Dick
1928 - 1982
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 333
Michael Ende
1929 - 1995
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 334
Saadi Shirazi
1210 - 1291
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 335
Christine de Pizan
1365 - 1430
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 336
Mario Puzo
1920 - 1999
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 337
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1921 - 1990
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 338

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Among people born in 295 BC, Apollonius of Rhodes ranks 1. After him is Publius Claudius Pulcher. Among people deceased in 215 BC, Apollonius of Rhodes ranks 1. After him are Hiero II of Syracuse, Samprati, and Lucius Postumius Albinus.