APOLLODORUS

Show Code

Greek historian of the 1st century AD from the city of Artemita, near the Tigris River, one of the Seleucid cities that had preserved the Greek culture within the Parthian state. He wrote a history of the Parthian state entitled Parthika, the 4th book of which is mentioned by Athenaeus. Also Strabo, who in his historical work mentions details about the Parthians, certainly has in mind the work of Apollodorus, whom he also mentions. Apollodorus described in his work the fall of the eastern regions of the state from the rule of the Seleucids and the invasions of Asian nomadic peoples.

Quotes

1. THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR THE WISE TO FEEL SADNESS, BECAUSE SADNESS IS AN IRRATIONAL CONTRACTION OF THE SOUL
2. THE WISE CAN BE CYNICAL, BECAUSE CYNICISM IS THE SHORT PATH TO VIRTUE
3. THE VIRTUES FOLLOW EACH OTHER AND HE WHO HAS ONE HAS THEM ALL, SINCE THEIR PRINCIPLES ARE COMMON
4. THE WISE WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE APPEARANCE SHOWS A TENDENCY TOWARDS VIRTUE
5. THE WORLD IS FINITE, THE VOID IS INFINITE
6. THE DOOR DOES SURELY CLOSE WITH BARS, BUT NO ARCHITECT HAS MADE A DOOR, THRU WHICH CAT AND ADULTER CANNOT ENTER
7. BE SAD WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE DOING EVIL, BUT ALWAYS BELIEVE AND EXPECT THE IMPROVEMENT OF PEOPLE
8. THERE IS NO HIGH STATURE IN THE HUMAN KIND THAT TIME OR, ENVY, HAS NOT OVERCOME
9. NEITHER WANTING TO BE RICH, NOR POOR. AVERAGE IS BEST BECAUSE IF YOU FALL FROM LOW THE ACCIDENT CAN BE COVERED. HOWEVER, THE LARGE VOLUME, FALLING FROM HIGH, BECOMES A LARGE MESS