starts with the approach and devices for protecting troops against objects rolled down the
hills; then screens for protecting miners and advice on undermining the walls, as well as a
drill and a covered ram for attacking the walls; he covers a siege tower with attachments
such as an assault bridge, a sweep for throwing enemies off the wall and fire extinguishing
equipment, and assault ladders with a number of attachments; and lastly he describes an
armored floating bridge. Some of the devices are simple and light as advertised in the
introduction, while others are complex and hardly realistic.
It is debated whether the complex material is the work of another, later author, or
whether it simply demonstrates the lack of a clear boundary between realistic and imagina-
tive devices found in many ancient military treatises. Blyth (145–154) doubts the identifica-
tion of Apollodo ̄ros as the author of Siege Craft.
Ed.: R. Schneider, Griechischer Poliorketiker, I: Apollodorus (AbhGöttingen N.F. 10.1, 1908).
RE 1.2 (1894) 2896 (#73), E. Fabricius; P.H. Blyth, “Apollodorus of Damascus and the Poliorcetica,”
GRBS 33 (1992) 127–158; OCD3 124, N. Purcell; BNP 1 (2002) 862–863 (#14), C. Höcker.
Karin Tybjerg
Apollodo ̄ros of Kerkura (170 – 130 BCE?)
Theorized that tidal ebb and flux was due to the reflux (palirrhoia) of the Ocean, according
to A 3.17.8, who lists Apollodo ̄ros with K and S S
(although Aëtios’ list is not chronological).
DPA 1 (1989) 274–275, R. Goulet.
PTK
Apollodo ̄ros of Kition (325 BCE – 75 CE)
Doctor whose writings were known to P, 1.ind.20–27; he recommended crushed radish
in water as an antidote to mistletoe poisoning, 20.25.
RE 1.2 (1894) 2895 (#70), M. Wellmann.
Philip Thibodeau
Apollodo ̄ros of Kuzikos (350 BCE – 200 CE)
De ̄mokritean mathematician (arithme ̄tikos) or calculator (logistikos), cited for traditions that
P sacrificed a hecatomb to celebrate his discovery of the “Pythagorean” the-
orem (Ath. Deipn. 10 [418f–419a]; D L 1.25, 8.12), and that D-
was acquainted with P (D.L. 9.38).
FGrHist 1097.
GLIM
Apollodo ̄ros of Le ̄mnos (450 – 335 BCE)
Named with K P by A as a writer of (lost) manuals on agri-
culture, treating both crops and fruits (Politics 1.11 [1258b39–1259a2]). V names him
in a catalogue of farmers who have written treatises on agriculture (RR 1.1.8); and P
1.ind.8, 10, 14–15, 17–18 mentioned his work.
RE 1.2 (1894) 2895–2896 (#71), M. Wellmann.
Maria Marsilio
APOLLODO ̄ROS OF KERKURA