Apollonius Paradoxographus was the otherwise unknown author of a
paradoxographical work entitled ''Mirabilia'' or ''Historiae Mirabiles''. This was compiled from the works of earlier writers around the 2nd century BC.
[Craig A. Evans, (2005), ''Ancient texts for New Testament studies: a guide to the background literature'', page 288. Hendrickson Publishers]
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
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...
,
Theophrastus
Theophrastus (; grc-gre, Θεόφραστος ; c. 371c. 287 BC), a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos.Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin, ''Ancient Botany'', Routledge ...
, and others.
It was formerly published under the name of
Apollonius Dyscolus
Apollonius Dyscolus ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Δύσκολος; reached his maturity sometime around 130 CE) is considered one of the greatest of the Greek grammarians.
Life
Little is known of Apollonius Dyscolus, other than that he ...
who was known to have written a work called ''On Fabricated History'',
['']Suda
The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas ...
'', ''Apollonius'' α3422 but which was probably an exposition of certain errors or forgeries which had crept into history.
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