APOLLODORUS
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V02,
Page 186
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
APOLLODORUS
, of See also:Damascus, a famous See also:Greek architect, who flourished during the znd See also:century A.D
.
He was a favourite of See also:Trajan, for whom he constructed the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge over the See also:Danube (A.D
.
104-105)
.
He also planned a gymnasium, a See also:college, public See also:baths, the See also:Odeum and the See also:Forum Trajanum,within the See also:city of See also:Rome; and the triumphal See also:arches at Beneventum and See also:Ancona
.
The Trajan See also:column in the centre of the Forum is celebrated as being the first triumphal See also:monument of the See also:kind
.
On the See also:accession of See also:Hadrian, whom he had offended by ridiculing his performances as architect and artist, Apollodorus was banished, and, shortly afterwards, being charged with imaginary crimes, put to See also:death (Dio See also:Cassius lxix
.
4)
.
He also wrote a See also:treatise on See also:Siege Engines (HoXwpKrlroKa), which was dedicated to Hadrian
.
End of Article: APOLLODORUS
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