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TYRO APPOLLONIUS. Apollonius of Tyre is a Greek romance, written between the fifth and sixth centuries of the Christian era. It tells how King Antiochus rapes his beautiful daughter, then sets a riddle for all subsequent suitors to solve. Prince Apollonius of Tyre solves the riddle, and the king sets a price on his head. He escapes and embarks on a series of adventures (Confessio Amantis VIII.271-2008).

The Man of Law says that Chaucer has not written stories like that of Tyro Apollonius, MLI 81-88, and gives a brief summary of the plot. [Antiochus: Gower]

Tyro is the Latin ablative of Tyrus, the place name used as a personal name. Tyro Appollonius appears in final rhyming position, MLI 81.

John Gower, The Complete Works, ed. G.C. Macaulay, III: 393-440; J.H. Fisher, John Gower, 29, 289; Riverside Chaucer, ed. L. Benson, 856.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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