Apollonius of Pergaistest known today for a major ireittise on conic sections, the only one of bis major works substantially to have survived This is a collection of eight books begun while Apollonius was in Alexandria, and contiaued from mathematicians, including Buclid and Archimedes The later books developed the ideas substantially This work was highly influential on later mathematicians in Apollonius was res is ol e for naming th e Conic sections parabola, hyperbola and ellipse refer to area properties of the curves. e names