Asclepiades of Myrlea explained

Asclepiades of Myrlea should not be confused with Asclepiades of Bithynia.

Asclepiades of Myrlea (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ἀσκληπιάδης ὁ Μυρλεανός) was a Greek grammarian, historian and astronomer disciple of Apollonius of Rhodes born in Myrlea (Bithynia) that lived in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. At the time of Pompey he was a teacher in Rome. He lived for some time in Spain teaching grammar in Turdetania.

Work

Of his numerous Greek writings only some fragments remain which include information about Bithynia as well as some Turdetan myths, collected by the Greek historian Pompeius Trogus.^[1]

There is some debate about whether this Asclepiades is the same person as the Asclepiades, son of Areius, who wrote a work on Demetrius Phalereus.^{[2] [3]}

Bibliography

• Book: Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Little, Brown and Co.. 1867. Boston. 381. english. William Smith (lexicographer).
• Book: Pagani, Lara. Asclepiades of Bithynia: I frammenti degli scritti omerici.. 2007. Pleiadi Edizioni di storia e letteratura.
• Book: Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship (2 Vols.) . . 2015 . 9789004281929.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gibson . Roy K. . The classical commentary: histories, practices, theory . Kraus . Christina Shuttleworth . 2002 . BRILL . 978-90-04-12153-9 . 99 . en.
2. [Athenaeus]
3. [Stephanus of Byzantium]