Apollodorus of Pergamon

Apollodorus of Pergamon

Apollodorus of Pergamon, one of the two most prominent teachers of rhetoric in the 1st century BC along with Theodorus of Gadara. His most famous student became the first Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. Students of Apollodorus were commonly referred to as Apollodoreans, while students of Theodorus were known as Theodoreans.


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