Apollodorus of Cumae
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Apollodorus (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος) was a Greek grammarian from Cumae, who was said to have been the first person that was given the titles of grammarian and critic.[1] According to Pliny,[2] his fame was so great that he was honored by the Amphictyonic council of the Greeks.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Clement of Alexandria, Stromata i. p. 309
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7.37
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Apollodorus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 233.