A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

of Pergamus, a pupil of the celebrated Apollodorus of Pergamus, who was also the teacher of Augustus. [APOLLODORUS, No. 22.] He was himself a teacher of rhetoric, and the author of several works, in which he explained the theory of his master. It would appear from his surname that he resided at Athens. (Strab. xiii. p.625; Quint. Inst. 3.1.18.)