Apion
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Apion (; fl. 1st century CE), also called Apion Pleistoneices (, Apíōn Pleistoníkēs) and Apion Mochthos (μόχθος) was a grammarian and sophist in first century Egypt. Apion wrote several works, none of which has survived.
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- Place of birth
- Alexandria
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- Rome
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- Egyptian
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- politics
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- 0020-00-00
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- Hellenistic period
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- Pliny the Elder
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- Koine Greek
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Apion (; fl. 1st century CE), also called Apion Pleistoneices (, Apíōn Pleistoníkēs) and Apion Mochthos (μόχθος) was a grammarian and sophist in first century Egypt. Apion wrote several works, none of which has survived.
==Biography== Apion was a Greek or Graeco-Egyptian scholar of Ptolemaic Egypt, born in the El Kargeh oasis. He studied under Didymus Chalcenterus and later succeeded Theon as head of the Alexandrian school. Apion gained recognition as a lecturer, speaking in Rome and elsewhere.
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