Asclepiades of Myrlea

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Asclepiades of Myrlea (in greek Ἀσκληπιάδης ὁ Μυρλεανός) was a Greek grammarian, historian and astronomer disciple of Apollonius of Rhodes born in Myrlea (Bithynia) that lived in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. At the time of Pompey he was a teacher in Rome. He lived for some time in Spain teaching grammar in Turdetania.

Work[]

Of his numerous Greek writings only some fragments remain which include information about Bithynia as well as some Turdetan myths, collected by the Greek historian Pompeius Trogus.

Bibliography[]

• Smith, William (1867). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. p. 381.
• Pagani, Lara (2007). Pleiadi Edizioni di storia e letteratura (ed.). Asclepiades of Bithynia: I frammenti degli scritti omerici.