The Library of Palatine Apollo () was a public library established by the Roman Emperor Augustus.Cassius Dio, Roman History 53.1 It was located at the portico of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus and consisted of two halls, one for Greek and one for Latin books. The walls of the library included medallion portraits of famous writers, and the space was large enough for Augustus to hold meetings of the senate.Suetonius, Augustus 29.1 When Augustus assumed the office of pontifex maximus, he moved the Sibylline Books from the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus to the Palatine Apollo. Suetonius, Augustus 31.1 Gaius Julius Hyginus, a freedman of Augustus and accomplished grammarian, was the director of the library. Suetonius, On Grammarians 20
Exclusion from the library definitively signaled an author’s rejection.
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