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	Apollodorus of Artemita
		Apollodorus of Artemita was a Greek writer of the 1st century BC.
		Apollodorus seems to have used the archieves of Artemita and Seleucia on the Tigris for his work.
		In short, Apollodorus says that Bactriana is the ornament of Ariana as a whole; and, more than that, they extended their empire even as far as the Seres and the Phryni." (Strabo, Geographia, 11.11.1)
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/ApollodorusOfArtemita.html (171 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 233 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Apollodorus was a very wealthy man, and performed twice the liturgy of the trierarchy.
		Apollodorus was engaged with these ;roops in protecting the town of Perinthus while r'hilip invaded its territory.
		Apollodorus of Carystus slonged to the school of the new Attic comedy,.id was one of the most distinguished among its >ets.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0242.html (976 words)

	POLLODORUS O~ ARTIMITA, historian
		It appears that Apollodorus emphasized Bactria (approximately the territory of Afghan Turkestan), and its conquest and colonization by the Greeks (11.11.1-6, 15.1.3).
		Apollodorus is also mentioned with regard to distances; he counted 500 stades from the Caspian Gate to Ray and 1,260 stades from the same point to Hecatompylos (11.9.1, 13.6;
		He estimated the distance from Artemita to the Caspian Gates and to the outlet of the Persian Gulf to be 8,000 stades (11.11.7;
	www.iranica.com /newsite/articles/v2f2/v2f2a027.html (656 words)

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