APOLLÓDORUS, tyrant of Cassandria, subverted the liberty of his country, B.C. 279, after having deceived the people by an appearance of ardent attachment to their rights. He was dethroned and put to death by Antigonous Gonatas.
APOLLÓDORUS of Gela, a Sicilian comic poet, said to have been a contemporary of Menander, and frequently confounded with Apollodorus of Carystus. Some fragments of his plays are given in Meineke's History.
APOLLÓDORUS the Athenian, a famous grammarian, the son of Asclepiades and disciple of Aristarchus. He wrote many works not now extant; but his most famous production is his Bibliotheca, which treats of the gods and the heroic ages. It is supposed by some that this is only an abridgment by another hand, and not the original work of Apollodorus. In any view it is, however, of great value in mythological inquiries. The best edition is that of Heyne, in 4 vols. 8vo, published in 1803. A French translation, with notes, was published at Paris in 1805, in 2 vols. 8vo.
APOLLÓDORUS of Pergamus, a Greek rhetorician, who founded a school called after his name. He taught at Rome and at Apollonia, and had Octavianus, afterwards Augustus, as his pupil.