Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People

Ancient world

Artists

Apollonius of Athens (sculptor) __NOTOC__ The Belvedere Torso is a tall fragmentary marble statue of a male nude, known to be in Rome from the 1430s, and signed prominently on the front of the base by "Apollonios, son of Nestor, Athenian", who is unmentioned in ancient litera ...

(fl. 1st century BC) *

Apollonius of Tralles Apollonius of Tralles ( grc-gre, Απολλώνιος ὁ Τραλλιανός) (in Caria) was a Ancient Greek sculptor who flourished in the 2nd century BCE. With his brother Tauriscus, he executed the marble group known as the Farnese Bull, repres ...

(fl. 2nd century BC), sculptor * Apollonius (satyr sculptor) * Apollonius (son of Archias), sculptor

Historians

Apollonius of Aphrodisias Apollonius of Aphrodisias ( grc, Απολλώνιος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς) in Cilicia is described in the Suda as a high priest and a historian. He is said to have written a work on the town of Tralles, a second on the mythological figure ...

(fl. c. 3rd century BC), historian of Caria * Apollonius of Ascalon, historian mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium

Writers

Apollonius Attaleus Apollonius Attaleus ( grc, Απολλώνιος Ἀτταλεύς) was a man mentioned by Artemidorus as being the author of a work on dreams. Artemidorus, ''Oneirocritica ''Oneirocritica'' ( el, Ονειροκριτικά) (''The Interpretation ...

, writer on dreams * Apollonius of Acharnae, ancient Greek writer on festivals * Apollonius of Laodicea, writer on astrology *

Apollonius of Rhodes Apollonius of Rhodes ( grc, Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος ''Apollṓnios Rhódios''; la, Apollonius Rhodius; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the ''Argonautica'', an epic poem about Jason and t ...

(born c. 270 BC), librarian and poet, best known for the ''

Argonautica The ''Argonautica'' ( el, Ἀργοναυτικά , translit=Argonautika) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the ''Argonautica'' tells the myth of the voyage of Jason ...

'' * Apollonius (son of Chaeris), ancient Greek writer, mentioned by the scholiast on Aristophanes * Apollonius (son of Sotades), writer

Oratory

Apollonius Dyscolus Apollonius Dyscolus ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Δύσκολος; reached his maturity sometime around 130 CE) is considered one of the greatest of the Greek grammarians. Life Little is known of Apollonius Dyscolus, other than that he ...

(fl. 2nd century AD), grammarian * Apollonius Eidographus, ancient Greek grammarian * Apollonius Molon (fl. 70 BC), rhetorician * Apollonius of Athens or Apollonius of Naucratis, (fl. 2nd century AD), sophist and rhetorician *

Apollonius the Effeminate Apollonius the Effeminate ( grc, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Μαλακος) was a Greek rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria who flourished about 120 BC. After studying under Menecles, chief of the Asiatic school of oratory, he settled in Rhodes, where ...

(fl. 120 BC), Greek rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria *

Apollonius the Sophist Apollonius the Sophist ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Σοφιστής) was a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD and taught in Rome in the time of Tiberius. He was born in Alexandria, the son of another gra ...

, grammarian who lived towards the end of the 1st century, and wrote a renowned Homeric lexicon

Philosophers

Apollonius Cronus Apollonius Cronus ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος Κρόνος; fl. 4th century BCE) from Cyrene was a philosopher of the Megarian school. Very little is known about him. He was the pupil of Eubulides, and was the teacher of Diodorus Cronus Diodoru ...

(fl. 4th century BC), philosopher of the Megarian school *

Apollonius of Chalcedon Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) of Chalcedon was an ancient Greek Stoic who taught philosophy. He was invited by the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius to come to Rome, for the purpose of instructing his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius ...

, philosophy tutor to the emperors

Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: áːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠ English: ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good ...

and Lucius Verus *

Apollonius of Syria Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) was a man of ancient Syria who was a Platonic philosopher. He lived about the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian—that is, the late 1st and early 2nd century AD—and is known to have inserted into his work ...

, Platonic philosopher *

Apollonius of Tyana Apollonius of Tyana ( grc, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς; c. 3 BC – c. 97 AD) was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Anatolia. He is the subject of '' ...

(c. 40–c. 100 AD), Neo-Pythagorean philosopher *

Apollonius of Tyre (philosopher) Apollonius of Tyre ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τύριος; fl. 50 BC), was a Stoic philosopher. Strabo describes him as living "a little before my time," and says he wrote "a tabulated account of the philosophers of the school of Zeno Ze ...

, Stoic philosopher *

Apollonius paradoxographus Apollonius Paradoxographus was the otherwise unknown author of a paradoxographical work entitled ''Mirabilia'' or ''Historiae Mirabiles''. This was compiled from the works of earlier writers around the 2nd century BC.Craig A. Evans, (2005), ''Anci ...

(fl. 2nd century BC), paradoxographer

Political

Apollonius (ambassador) Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) was the spokesman of an embassy sent by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes to Rome in 173 BCE. He brought from Antiochus tribute and rich presents, and requested that the Roman Senate would renew with ...

(fl. 2nd century BC), ambassador sent from the Seleucid Empire *

Apollonius (consul 460) Apollonius (''floruit'' 460) was an East Roman consul in 460 AD. He could be identified with that Apollonius who was praetorian prefect of the East in 442–443, or with that Apollonius who was ''magister militum (Latin for "master of soldie ...

, consul in 460 *

Apollonius (freedman) Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) was a freedman of Publius Licinius Crassus in ancient Rome in the 1st century BCE. Apollonius afterwards became a useful friend of Cicero's, and served in the army of Julius Caesar in the Alexandrine war, ...

, or Publius Licinius Apollonius, secretary of Publius Licinius Crassus *

Apollonius (magister militum) Apollonius (''fl.'' 443–451) was a general of the Eastern Roman Empire. Biography Apollonius was a Pagan and well-educated.Theodoret, ''Epistolae'' 73. Before 448 he converted to Christianity.Theodoret, ''Epistolae'' 103. He received two ...

(fl. 443–451), Eastern Roman general * Apollonius of Clazomenae (fl. 2nd century BC), ambassador sent to the Seleucid Empire * Apollonius of Drepanum (fl. 2nd century BC), citizen of Sicily * Apollonius of Sicily, leader of a revolt in 103 BCE *

Apollonius (praetorian prefect) {{No footnotes, date=September 2021 Apollonius (''floruit'' 436–451) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire. He was ''comes sacrarum largitionum'' in 436, then Praetorian prefect of the East from August 21, 442 to May 22, 443. Apollonius at ...

(442–443), Roman Praetorian prefect * Apollonius (Seleucid) (fl. 2nd century BC) a friend of

Demetrius I Soter Demetrius I (Greek: ''Δημήτριος Α`'', 185 – June 150 BC), surnamed Soter (Greek: ''Σωτήρ'' - "Savior"), reigned as king ( basileus) of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from November 162 – June 150 BC. Demetrius grew up in Rome ...

* Apollonius (son of Charinus), politician under Alexander the Great *

Apollonius the dioiketes Apollonius (or Apollonios, el, Ἀπολλώνιος; 3rd century BC) was the ''dioiketes'' or chief finance minister of Egypt during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (r. 283–246 B.C.). Little is known about his personal life; in ancient ...

(fl. 250 BC), finance minister of Egypt * Apollonius (tyrant), (fl. 1st century BC), Mesopotamian tyrant * Apollonius, general of the Samarians, who was defeated at the Battle of Ma'aleh Levona in 167 BC

Religious figures

* Apollonius (bishop of Ephesus), 2nd-century Christian writer * Apollonius (martyr), Christian martyr of the 2nd century * Apollonius of Egypt, theorist on the age of the world *

Apollonius of Ephesus Apollonius of Ephesus ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος; fl. 180–210) was an anti-Montanism, Montanist Greeks, Greek ecclesiology, ecclesiastical writer, probably from Anatolia, Asia Minor. He was thoroughly acquainted with the Christian history ...

(fl. 180–210), religious leader and writer * Apollonius the Apologist (died c. 186), religious leader * Apollonius of Rome, Christian martyr of the 4th century

Physicians and scientists

List of physicians named Apollonius Apollonius ( grc-gre, Ἀπολλώνιος) was the name of several physicians in the time of Ancient Greece and Rome: *Apollonius Antiochenus, (or Apollonius of Antioch), was the name of two physicians, father and son, who were born at Antioch, a ...

, a list of physicians in ancient Greece and Rome **

Apollonius Glaucus Apollonius Glaucus (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος Γλαῦκος) was a physician and author, writer who must have lived during or before the 2nd century CE, as his work ''On Internal Diseases'' is quoted by Caelius Aurelianus. Nothing more is kno ...

, physician ** Apollonius of Citium (fl. 1st century BC), physician * Apollonius of Perga (late 3rd–early 2nd centuries BC), geometer and astronomer

Other

* Apollonius of Myndus, ancient astrologer said to be skilled with horoscopes

Modern world

* Apollonius Schotte (c. 1579–1639), Dutch statesman * Apollonius von Maltitz (1795–1870), Russian diplomat

Fictional characters

Apollonius of Tyre Apollonius of Tyre is the subject of an ancient short novella, popular in the Middle Ages. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, the text is thought to be translated from an ancient Greek manuscript, now lost. Plot summary In most versi ...

, medieval fictional character