Person

Apollinarius of Laodicea

bishop of Laodicea

b. 325 CE – d. 390 CE World The Great Crossroads

Apollinarius "the Younger" (died 390) is a bishop of Laodicea in Syria.

He collaborates with his father Apollinarius the Elder in reproducing the Old Testament in the form of Homeric and Pindaric poetry, and the New Testament after the fashion of Platonic dialogues, when the emperor Julian forbids Christians to teach the classics.