Apollonius of Acharnae

Apollonius (Ancient Greek: Απολλώνιος) of Acharnae was a heortologist and writer of ancient Greece who lived in the late 2nd century BCE.[1][2] He was the author of a work on the festivals, On the Festivals (Περὶ ἑορτῶν).[3][4]

Modern scholars have a dubious opinion of some of the assertions of Apollonius that have been handed down to us -- namely that the Diasia and Meilichios were two separate and distinct festivals.[2][5][6]

Notes

1. Felix Jacoby, Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 365 fr. 5
2. Scullion, Scott (2010). "Festivals". In Ogden, Daniel (ed.). A Companion to Greek Religion. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 192. ISBN 9781444334173. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
3. Harpocration, s. vv. πέανος, Πυανόψια, Χαλκεῖα
4. Photios I of Constantinople, Bibliotheca s. v. ὑδροφορία
5. Robertson, Noel (2009). Religion and Reconciliation in Greek Cities: The Sacred Laws of Selinus and Cyrene. American Philological Association American Classical Studies Series. Oxford University Press. pp. 45, 144. ISBN 9780199742004. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
6. Parker, Robert (2005). Polytheism and Society at Athens. Oxford University Press. p. 466. ISBN 9780191534522. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Apollodorus of Amphipolis". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 233.