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Apollonius of Laodicea

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Apollonius (Ancient Greek: Άπολλώνιος) of Laodicea was a writer of ancient Greece who was said to have written five books on astrology (astrologia apotelesmatica) in which he accused the Egyptians of various astronomical errors.[1] In the Bibliothèque nationale de France there exists a manuscript containing Apotelesmata of one Apollonius, which German classical scholar Johann Albert Fabricius believed to be the work of Apollonius of Laodicea.

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  1. ^ Paulus Alexandrinus, Praef. ad Isagog.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Apollinius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 239.