Apollonius of Tyre (stoic)

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For the ancient legend of the same name, see Apollonius of Tyre.

Apollonius of Tyre, was a Stoic philosopher, who lived c. 60 BC.

He is mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius[1] as the author of a work on Zeno. Strabo[2] mentions a work of his which he calls "a tabulated account of the philosophers of the school of Zeno and of their books," and which appears to have been a short survey of the philosophers and their writings from the time of Zeno. Whether this Apollonius is the same as the one who wrote a work on female philosophers,[3] or as the author of the chronological work (Greek: Χρονικά) of which Stephanus of Byzantium[4] quotes the fourth book, is uncertain.

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  1. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, vii.
  2. ^ Strabo, xvi.
  3. ^ Photius, Cod. 161
  4. ^ Stephanus, Chalkêtorion.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).