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) (), Greek sculptor in bronze so picky he often broke his works in pieces after he finished them

Authors

* Apollodorus (), author of the '' Bibliotheca'', sometimes called "Pseudo-Apollodorus" to distinguish him from Apollodorus of Athens (above), with whom he was sometimes confused *

Apollodorus of Carystus Apollodorus of Carystus ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Καρύστιος) in Euboea, was one of the most important writers of the Attic New Comedy, who flourished in Athens between 300 and 260 B.C. He is to be distinguished from the older Apoll ...

(), New Comedy playwright *

Apollodorus of Erythrae Apollodorus of Erythrae was a writer of ancient Greece Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of ...

, ancient Greek writer *

Apollodorus of Gela Apollodorus of Gela ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Γελῷος) in Sicily was a New Comedy playwright. According to Eudokia Makrembolitissa and the Suda, he was a contemporary of Menander, and accordingly lived between the years 340 and 290 BC. ...

(), 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 Apollodorus ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος; fl. 2nd century BC) was an Epicurean philosopher, and head of the Epicurean school in Athens. According to Diogenes Laërtius, he was surnamed ''Tyrant of the Garden'' ( el, Κηποτύραννος) from ...

(), Athenian philosopher and author of the ''Life of Epicurus'', head of the Epicurean school in Athens

Historians

Apollodorus of Artemita Apollodorus of Artemita ( grc, Ἀπολλόδωρος Ἀρτεμιτηνός) was a Greek historian who flourished between 130 and 87 BC. He hailed from the Greco-Parthian city of Artemita in Apolloniatis and was a citizen of the Parthian Empire. ...

(), 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 Apollodorus ( grc, Ἀπολλόδωρος) of Pergamon was a rhetorician of ancient Greece who was the author of a school of rhetoric called after him ''Apollodoreios Hairesis'' (Ἀπολλοδωρειος αἵρεσις), which was subsequently ...

, 1st century BC rhetorician

Philosophers

(), Athenian philosopher and author of the ''Life of Epicurus'', head of the Epicurean school in Athens *

Apollodorus of Phaleron Apollodorus of Phaleron (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος Φαληρεύς, ''Apollódōros Phalēreύs'', c. 445 – 4th century BCE) was an Ancient Athenian student and prominent follower of Socrates frequently depicted in the Socratic literature. ...

(c. 429–4th century BC), follower of Socrates and narrator of the dialogue described by Plato in his ''Symposium'' * Apollodorus of Seleucia (), Stoic philosopher

Rulers and generals

* Apollodorus (general), Athenian general of the 4th century BC * Apollodorus of Amphipolis (), 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) (), 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 (), 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 (), 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 (), loyal follower of Cleopatra