APOLLODORUS OF ATHENS

flourished 140 BC Greek scholar of wide interests who is best known for his Chronicle of Greek history. A pupil of the scholar Aristarchus, he left Alexandria about 146 for Pergamum and eventually settled at Athens. The Chronicle, written in iambic trimeter, commonly used in Greek comedy, covers the period from the fall of Troy (1184 BC) to 144 BC and was later continued to 119 BC. Apollodorus' other works include a treatise On the Gods; one on the Homeric catalogue of ships, used by Strabo in his Geography; and critical and grammatical writings. A compendium to Greek mythology, called The Library, extant under his name, is, in fact, not by him.