Apollonius paradoxographus

Apollonius paradoxographus (fl. 2nd century BCE) was the author of a paradoxographical work Mirabilia (or Historiae mirabiles) which was compiled from the works of earlier writers.[1]

Nothing is known about Apollonius. His one surviving work, the Mirabilia, is a collection of wonderful phenomena of nature, ga­thered from the works of Aristotle, Theophrastus, and others.[2] It was formerly published under the name of Apollonius Dyscolus, who was known to have written a work called On Fabricated History,[3] but which was probably an exposition of certain errors or forgeries which had crept into history.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Craig A. Evans, (2005), Ancient texts for New Testament studies: a guide to the background literature, page 288. Hendrickson Publishers
  2. ^ a b Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Apollonius (16)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, pp. 239, http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0248.html 
  3. ^ Suda, Apollonius α3422