Problem of Apollonius/Historical Note

Historical Note on the Problem of Apollonius
The Problem of Apollonius was originally posed by in his work tangencies.

It was supposedly solved by during the course of a series of mathematical discussions with  sometime around or after $1641$.

While this in itself is a remarkable feat, the fact that she achieved it using ' own methods makes it more impressive, as these are not the easiest tools to use to attack the problem.

However, appears to have been unfairly and cruelly dismissive of her achievement