About Apollonius Malacus
Lived 200 BC – 99 BC. Apollonius Malacus was an orator.
Apollonius of Alabanda (also Apollonius Malakos, Appolonius Malachus) (malakos meaning 'soft', with the potential implication of 'effeminate') was a Greek sophist rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria who flourished about 120 BC.
After studying under Menecles, chief of the Asiatic school of oratory, he settled in Rhodes, where he taught rhetoric. Among his pupils were Q. Mucius Scaevola the augur, and Marcus Antonius, the grandfather of Mark Antony.
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Who was Apollonius Malacus?
ancient Greek rhetorician
When was Apollonius Malacus born?
Apollonius Malacus was born in 200 BC in Alabanda.
When did Apollonius Malacus die?
Apollonius Malacus died in 99 BC in Rhodes.
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Apollonius Malacus was an orator.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Apollonius Malacus
· DBpedia: Apollonius the Effeminate
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