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Apollonius
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Apollonius (lived 2nd century BC)

Greek sculptor. He and his brother Tauriscus, both active in Rhodes, made the marble group known as the Farnese Bull (Roman copy National Museum, Naples), based on the legend of Amphion. The sculpture depicts Zethus and Amphion tying the vengeful Dirce to the tail of a bull.



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The young Caesar was sailing to Rhodes to improve his rhetorical skills under the tutelage of the legendary Appolonius Molo, a noted philosopher and rhetorician.
 
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