Information AboutApion |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT APION | |
| 20s bc births | |
| 45 deaths | |
| ancient greek grammarians | |
| hellenistic egyptians | |
| homeric scholarship | |
| ancient jewish roman history | |
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He studied at Alexandria , and headed a deputation sent to Caligula (in 38 ) by the Alexandrians to complain of the Jew s and of the privileges conceded them in Alexandria. His charges were answered by Josephus in his '' Contra Apionem ''. He settled at Rome -- it is uncertain when -- and taught rhetoric until the reign of Claudius . Apion was a man of great industry and learning, but extremely vain. He wrote several works, none of which has survived. The well-known story "Androclus and the Lion", preserved in Aulus Gellius , is from his work. Fragments of his work are printed the ''Etymologicum Gudianum'', ed. Sturz, 1818. REFERENCES |