estimated distances between major cites (11.9.1), states, and natural landmarks (11.11.7),
claimed (erroneously) that the Araxes separates the Armenians from Pontos and Kolkhis
(1.3.21), and referred often to the Okhos – unmentioned by other ancient authors – imply-
ing that it flows continually through Parthia (11.7.3). He argued that the Parthians, conquer-
ing Ariana and India, subdued more tribes than Alexander (11.11.1). He described the
unusual philadelphum, able to unite and grow onto other philadelpha, the roots of which are
planted as impenetrable garden fences (Ath. Deipn. 15 [682c]).
Ed.: FGrHist 779.
V.P. Nikonorov, “Apollodorus of Artemita and the Date of His Parthica Revisited,” in
E. Dabrowa, ed., Ancient Iran and the Mediterranean World (1998) 107–122; NP 12/2.897 (#8a), H.A.
Gärtner.
GLIM
Apollodo ̄ros of Athens (150 – 110 BCE)
Epicurean scholarch in Athens and author of many works (D L
10.25), all lost, including a Summary of Doctrine (D.L. 7.181) and a defense of E
against C (D.L. 1.60).
GGP 4.1 (1994) 280–281, M. Erler.
PTK
Apollodo ̄ros of Athens, pseudo (80 BCE – 10 CE)
S B makes over two dozen citations from Apollodo ̄ros’ On the Earth,
Book 2, including iambs on the Oritans of India (F313), the Pse ̄ssoi (F318), the Hulleis
(F321–322), and the Iberians (F324). S 14.5.22 attributes an iambic Circuit of the
Earth (periodos ge ̄s) to Apollodo ̄ros of Athens, the grammarian and chronographer, which
scholars reject, since the cited fragments seem to post-date -S.
Ed.: FGrHist 244 F313–330.
RE S.6 (1935) 8–10, F. Atenstädt.
PTK
Apollodo ̄ros of Damaskos (100 – 120 CE)
Architect and military engineer (arkhitekto ̄n) under Trajan and Hadrian. He is celebrated as
the designer of Trajan’s forum in Rome (Dio Cassius 69.4) and the emperor’s bridge over
the Danube, pictured on Trajan’s column (Prokopios, De aedificiis). According to an improb-
able account, he insulted Hadrian, mocking the emperor’s architectural interests in vaulted
structures by calling them “pumpkins,” and was banished and later executed because he
criticized Hadrian’s temple of Venus and Rome.
Excerpts from an illustrated work on Siege Craft (Poliorke ̄tika) survive. A letter to the
emperor, most likely Trajan, offering help for upcoming campaigns, introduces the treatise.
The author notes his involvement with earlier campaigns and with this treatise he sets out to
assist current campaigns; he also offers to send a man who has observed the construction of
the devices. Apollodo ̄ros describes his designs as effective, safe, light and speedy to manu-
facture from available materials with the manpower at hand (137–138 S.). The Poliorke ̄tika
describes a series of devices roughly in the order of the progress of a siege of a hill fort. It
APOLLODO ̄ROS OF DAMASKOS