# Apollonius of Perga

> He gave us the words we still use — ellipse, parabola, hyperbola — and carried the study of conic sections further than anyone before calculus existed. A geometer working around 200 BC whose definitions outlasted empires.

*Ancient Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/apollonius-of-perga

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** -262
- **Died:** -190
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Apollonius built on what Euclid and Archimedes had started, taking the geometry of conic sections to a peak that wouldn't be surpassed until analytic geometry arrived centuries later. Most of his work beyond geometry — including astronomy — is lost, known only through fragments cited by later writers like Pappus. He proposed that planets moved in eccentric orbits to account for their strange wanderings across the sky, a model that held through the Middle Ages before the Renaissance swept it aside. A crater on the Moon carries his name now.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 8.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #229
- **Category rank:** #240

## Topics
#Scientists, #Academic, #Mathematics, #Astronomy, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius_of_Perga)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180109)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Apollonius%20of%20Perga)
- [Apolonio de Perge](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonio_de_Perge)
- [Perqalı Apolloni](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perqal%C4%B1_Apolloni)
- [Apollonius saking Pérga](https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius_saking_P%C3%A9rga)
- [Апалоній Пергскі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Аполоний Пергски](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [পেরগা-র আপোল্লোনিয়ুস](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8)
- [Apol·loni de Perge](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apol%C2%B7loni_de_Perge)
- [ئاپۆلۆنیوس](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%86%D9%84%DB%86%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Apollónios z Pergy](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoll%C3%B3nios_z_Pergy)
- [Apollonius](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius)
- [Apollonios von Perge](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonios_von_Perge)
- [Απολλώνιος ο Περγαίος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Apolonio de Pergo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonio_de_Pergo)
- [Apolonio de Perge](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonio_de_Perge)
- [Apollonios Pergest](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonios_Pergest)
- [Apolonio Pergakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonio_Pergakoa)
- [آپولونیوس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Apollonios Pergeläinen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonios_Pergel%C3%A4inen)
- [Apollonios de Perga](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonios_de_Perga)
- [Apolonio de Perge](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonio_de_Perge)
- [Apollonius na Perga](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius_na_Perga)
- [אפולוניוס מפרגה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%94)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Apoll%C3%B3nios_z_Pergy)
- [Wikiquote](https://el.wikiquote.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Apollonio_di_Perga)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [أبلونيوس البرغاوي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A)

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