Apollonius of Rhodes: Quick Facts

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Born	c.295 BCE
Notable Works	“Argonautica”

Homer

Greek poet

Hesiod

Greek poet

Callimachus

Greek poet and scholar

Mimnermus

Greek poet

Antimachus of Colophon

Greek poet and scholar

Aristophanes Of Byzantium

Greek critic and grammarian

Nonnus

Greek poet

Quintus Smyrnaeus

Greek poet

Choerilus

Greek epic poet

Aristarchus Of Samothrace

Greek critic and grammarian

Rhianus

Greek poet and scholar

Colluthus of Lycopolis

Greek poet

Panyassis

epic poet

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Roman author

Ion of Chios

Greek poet

Pindar

Greek poet

Alcaeus

Greek poet

Simonides of Ceos

Greek poet

Sappho

Greek poet

Archilochus

Greek author

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