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Abstract
This dissertation examines the fragmentary historian Apollodorus of Artemita (c. 100 B.C.) and his work, the Parthika. A Greek subject of the Parthian kings, his work now survives only in fragments found in Strabo and (I think) Justin. I first evaluate the views of earlier scholars concerning Apollodorus, and then examine the milieu from which he sprang—namely, the Greek cities in the Parthian empire. The evidence for Parthian history is itself fragmentary, but I attempt to re-trace the ground covered by the Parthika, by examining the rise of Parthia to great power status. The dissertation ends with some conclusions about Apollodorus, such as the likelihood that he had access to official Parthian documents while writing his history, including a land survey.
