Ἀπίων

Son of Plistonicus;¹ nicknamed Mochthus ["Toil"]; of Egypt (but according to Heliconius, a Cretan). Grammarian. A pupil of Apollonius son of Archibius;² he also attended Euphranor's³ lectures when he was an old man, more than 100 years old; he was a slave born in the house of Didymus the great.⁴ He taught in the time of Caesar Tiberius and Claudius in Rome. He was the successor of the grammarian Theon,⁵ and a contemporary of Dionysius of Halicarnassus.⁶ He wrote a history organised by nation; and certain other works.⁷