Apollodorus

Apollodorus (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος Apollodoros) was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to:

Note: A few persons appear in more than one section.

Artists

• Apollodorus (painter), Athenian painter who lived at the end of the 5th century BC and introduced great improvements in perspective and chiaroscuro
• Apollodorus (sculptor) (Template:Fl.), Greek sculptor in bronze so picky he often broke his works in pieces after he finished them

Authors

• Apollodorus (Template:Fl.), author of the Bibliotheca, sometimes called "Pseudo-Apollodorus" to distinguish him from Apollodorus of Athens (below), with whom he was sometimes confused
• Apollodorus of Carystus (Template:Fl.), New Comedy playwright
• Apollodorus of Erythrae, ancient Greek writer
• Apollodorus of Gela (Template:Fl.), New Comedy playwright
• Apollodorus of Lemnos, ancient Greek writer on agriculture
• Apollodorus of Tarsus, tragic poet
• Apollodorus of Telmessus, writer on dreams
• Apollodorus the Epicurean (Template:Fl.), Athenian philosopher and author of the Life of Epicurus, head of the Epicurean school in Athens

Historians

• Apollodorus of Artemita (Template:Fl.), Greek historian of the Parthian empire
• Apollodorus of Athens (c. 180 BC–after 120 BC), Greek historian and grammarian

Oratory

• Apollodorus of Athens (c. 180 BC–after 120 BC), Greek historian and grammarian
• Apollodorus of Cumae, Greek grammarian
• Apollodorus of Cyrene, Greek grammarian
• Apollodorus of Pergamon, 1st century BC rhetorician

Philosophers

• Apollodorus the Epicurean (Template:Fl.), Athenian philosopher and author of the Life of Epicurus, head of the Epicurean school in Athens
• Apollodorus of Phaleron (c. 429–4th century BC), follower of Socrates and narrator of the dialogue described by Plato in his Symposium
• Apollodorus of Seleucia (Template:Fl.), Stoic philosopher

Rulers and generals

• Apollodorus (general), Athenian general of the 4th century BC
• Apollodorus of Amphipolis (Template:Fl.), Macedonian cavalry general under Alexander the Great
• Apollodorus of Cassandreia (died 276 or 275 BC), a tyrant of the city of Cassandreia
• Apollodorus of Susiana, satrap of Susiana appointed in 220 BC

Other

• Apollodorus (jurist) (Template:Fl.), Greco-Roman jurist
• Apollodorus (physician), two physicians mentioned by Pliny the Elder
• Apollodorus (runner), 1st century Macedonian runner who won the Olympics
• Apollodorus of Acharnae (394–after 343), Athenian politician and subject of many of Demosthenes' speeches
• Apollodorus of Boeotia (Template:Fl.), Greek ambassador
• Apollodorus of Cyzicus, two different persons from ancient Greece, one mentioned by Plato, the other by Diogenes Laërtius
• Apollodorus of Damascus, 2nd century Nabataean architect and engineer
• Apollodorus of Macedonia (Template:Fl.), Macedonian scribe, secretary to King Philip V of Macedon
• Apollodorus of Nicaea, mentioned by 6th century writer Stephanus of Byzantium
• Apollodorus Logisticus, ancient Greek mathematician
• Apollodorus Pyragrus, 1st century BC Sicilian mentioned by Cicero
• Apollodorus the Sicilian (Template:Fl.), loyal follower of Cleopatra

See also

• Apollodorus of Smyrna, a copyist error for Apollonides of Smyrna
• Apollo (disambiguation)
• Apollinaris (disambiguation)
• Apollonia (disambiguation)
• Apollonius (disambiguation)