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Apollonius of Aphrodisias

Apollonius of Aphrodisias

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Apollonius of Aphrodisias (Ancient Greek: Απολλώνιος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς) in Cilicia is described in the Suda as a high priest and a historian.[1] He is said to have written a work on the town of Tralles, a second on the mythological figure Orpheus and his mysteries, and a third on the history of Caria (Καρικά), of which the eighteenth book is mentioned, and which is often referred to by Stephanus of Byzantium.[2][3]

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  1. [1]
    Suda α 3424
  2. [2]
    Stephanus of Byzantium s. vv. Βάργασα, Χουσαορὶς, Ἄγκυρα, Χωλὸν τεῖχος
  3. [3]
    Etymologicum Magnum s. v. Ἅρπασος

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Apollonius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 238.

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