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Apollonius (ăp'əlō`nēəs), in the books of the Maccabees. 1 Governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia for Seleucus IV. He oppressed the Jews and was killed by Judas Maccabaeus. 2 Governor of Coele-Syria under Alexander Balas. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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States Johnson, "'I went back and looked at every sea story from Apolonius of Rhodes, to Homer - oh God, all the way through Melville, Conrad, London, the Sinbad stories, slave narratives that took place on boats - about the middle passage'" (qtd. |
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