Testimonianze greche e romane su Apollonio Rodio

This paper focuses on Greek and Roman testimonies on Apollonius of Rhodes in order to clarify what the Ancients knew about the poet of Argonautica. By analysing a representative number of authors we find out that ancient writers rarely refer to Apollonius' life or to the composition of the poem. What rather seems to have interested them was not only the references to the Argonauts legends which the authoritative poem contained but also the not survived erudite works (in particular the κτίσεις). Some authorsalso (Dionysius Longinus' On the Sublime, Quintilian, Fronto, Gellius, Macrobius and Servius) mentioned Apollonius in passages concerning literary questions and useful to get an idea of some aspects of ancient reception of the poem.Este artículo se centra en los testimonios griegos y romanos sobre Apolonio de Rodas, con el fin de aclarar lo que los antiguos sabían sobre el poeta de Argonautica. Al analizar un número notable de autores, se descubre que los escritores antiguos se refieren rara vez a la vida de Apolonio o a la composición del poema. Más bien parece haberles interesado no solo las referencias a las leyendas de los Argonautas que contenía el poema acreditado, sino también las obras eruditas que no se han conservado (en particular, las κτίσεις). Algunos autores (el tratado De lo Sublime de Dionisio Longino, Quintiliano, Frontón, Gelio, Macrobio y Servio) mencionaron también a Apolonio en pasajes relacionados con cuestiones literarias y útiles para hacerse una idea de algunos aspectos de la recepción antigua del poema.This paper focuses on Greek and Roman testimonies on Apollonius of Rhodes in order to clarify what the Ancients knew about the poet of Argonautica. By analysing a representative number of authors we find out that ancient writers rarely refer to Apollonius' life or to the composition of the poem. What rather seems to have interested them was not only the references to the Argonauts legends which the authoritative poem contained but also the not survived erudite works (in particular the κτίσεις). Some authors also (Dionysius Longinus' On the Sublime, Quintilian, Fronto, Gellius, Macrobius and Servius) mentioned Apollonius in passages concerning literary questions and useful to get an idea of some aspects of ancient reception of the poem. &nbsp