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Apollodorus (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος) was a Greek grammarian from Cumae, who was said to have been the first person that was given the titles of grammarian and critic.[1] According to Pliny,[2] his fame was so great that he was honored by the Amphictyonic council of the Greeks.

  1. ^ Clement of Alexandria, Stromata i. p. 309
  2. ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7.37

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