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Note: Since its inception, 8 September 2003, this article has used the formula BCE. Attempting changes to the BC format is a discourtesy.
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Corrected some information, including: the placement in “Ancient Greece” (he was Hellenistic), who Apollonius succeeded as chief librarian (Zenodotus, the first to hold that position; Erastothenes was Apollonios’ successor), the names of the contemporary royalty of Alexandria, and some confused and inaccurate dates. Expanded biography using more modern sources and translations, and added brief discussion of the Argonautica itself.
What else would improve this article – more description of his non-Argonautika work, maybe? Should I split and expand the section on the Argonautika itself? I’d also like at least one other post-1900 translation or commentary, but I don’t know one that’s well-regarded. Aophite 06:43, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
- If the brief summary here of Argonautica, now given the affected-but-correct spelling Argonautika, is not a sufficient encapsulation, make it better. Does Hunter's English version supplant Rieu's? --Wetman 12:49, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
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- I've added both Rieu and Hunter to the list of translations.
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- I've also changed the spelling "Argonautika" in accordance with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Greek). For what it's worth, I strongly disagree with the policy outlined there and would prefer "Apollonios", "Argonautika" myself; please feel free to head over there and contribute to the talk page and try to change the policy!!) Petrouchka 23:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Citations
I've put in a few "citations needed" tags as a temporary measure until I can track down the bibliographical references, which should be in the course of the next day or so. The previous version cited the Lives in the scholia and some other bits and pieces as sources, but this was inadequate: the sources give radically different information from each other and from what the article says. E.g. the Suda places Apollonius in the early 2nd century BCE, as Eratosthenes' successor rather than his predecessor. Smith's Dictionary of Mythology and Biography follows this; more recent references don't. I'll finish tidying this up in the next 24 hours. Petrouchka 23:34, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- I've put in as much about A.'s life as I can based on the evidence I have access to. Unfortunately I don't have access to the actual text of P.Oxy. 1241; it isn't in a library near me, and doesn't seem to be online anywhere.
- It was published in vol. 10 of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri; maybe someone who has access to it can fill in the blanks at some point, or else get the Greek text to me to translate. It'd be good to know for example if the papyrus actually specifies a sequence of librarians in order (e.g. Zenodotus - Apollonius - Eratosthenes). I suspect not, in view of Parsons' theory that Callimachus came in between Zenodotus and Apollonius. Petrouchka 01:17, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
