Apollonius
historical figure · 4 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Apollonius of Rhodes · Apollonius of Tyana
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Stromata
Apollonius of Rhodes, epic poet, cited as testimony (via the Argonautica) for the crew of Jason's ship.
and Asclepius and the Dioscuri sailed with them, as Apollonius of Rhodes testifies in his Argonautica.
Elements
Greek geometer who, after Euclid, wrote a Comparison of the dodecahedron and the icosahedron.
But it is proved by Apollonius in the second edition of his Comparison of the dodecahedron with the icosahedron that, as the surface of the dodecahedron is to the surface of the icosahedron [inscribed in the same sphere], so is the dodecahedron itself [i.
The Rights of War and Peace
Sage whose biography by Philostratus is cited.
Thus Philostratus in the life of Apollonius, says, that it was foolish to offer liberty to the Thracians, the Mysians, and the Getae, which they were not capable of enjoying.
Meditations
A teacher who modeled freedom of will, steadiness, and equanimity through pain and loss.
From Apollonius:
That I came to know Apollonius, Rusticus, Maximus.