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Apollodorus of Athens

180 BC - 110 BC

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Apollodorus of Athens (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, Apollodoros ho Athenaios; c. 180 BC – after 120 BC), son of Asclepiades, was a Greek scholar, historian, and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius the Stoic, and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, under whom he appears to have studied together with his contemporary Dionysius Thrax. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Apollodorus of Athens has received more than 207,376 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Apollodorus of Athens is the 241st most popular philosopher (up from 247th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 137th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Greek Philosopher.

Apollodorus of Athens is most famous for his work Bibliotheca, which is a catalogue of all the Greek myths and legends.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 241 out of 1,081. Before him are Shen Kuo, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Epimenides, Nikolai Berdyaev, Guy Debord, and François Fénelon. After him are Ivan Illich, Thomas Carlyle, Theano, Ibn al-Nafis, Celsus, and Vyasa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 180 BC, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 1. After him are Viriathus, Gaius Lucilius, Publius Mucius Scaevola, Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Porcina, and Lucius Coelius Antipater. Among people deceased in 110 BC, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 1. After him are Panaetius, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Clitomachus, and Sima Tan.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 143 out of 936. Before him are Costa-Gavras (1933), Epimenides (-690), Parmenion (-400), Callicrates (-470), Saint Giles (640), and Ephialtes of Trachis (-550). After him are Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Agesilaus II (-444), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), and Pausanias (null).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Apollodorus of Athens ranks 22. Before him are Hippias (-443), Melissus of Samos (-470), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Cratylus (-500), and Epimenides (-690). After him are Prodicus (-460), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), Panaetius (-185), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), and Speusippus (-407).

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