Apollonius Eidographus (Ancient Greek: Απολλώνιος Εἰδογράφος) was a writer referred to by the ScholiastonPindar respecting a contest in which Hiero won the prize.[1] Some writers have thought he was a poet, but from the Etymologicum Magnum,[2] it is probable that he was some learned grammarian. He was head of the Library at Alexandria, succeeding Aristophanes of Byzantium and succeeded by Aristarchus of Samothrace.[3] He was called "eidographus" ("the classifier") because he classified lyric poems based on their musical modes.[4][5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Apollonius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 239.
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