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: 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) Apollodorus Skiagraphos ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ σκιαγράφος) was an influential Ancient Greek painter of the 5th century BC whose work has since been entirely lost. Apollodorus left a technique behind known as skiagraphia, a w ...

, Athenian painter who lived at the end of the 5th century BC and introduced great improvements in perspective and chiaroscuro *

Apollodorus (sculptor) Apollodorus was a sculptor of ancient Greece, who made statues in bronze. He was so fastidious that he often broke his works in pieces after they were finished, and hence he obtained the surname of "the madman", in which character he was represente ...

(), 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 Apollodorus of Lemnos was a writer of ancient Greece who wrote on agriculture. He lived previous to the time of the philosopher Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek phi ...

, ancient Greek writer on agriculture *

Apollodorus of Tarsus Apollodorus of Tarsus ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ταρσεύς) was a tragic poet of ancient Greece, who is mentioned by Eudocia and in the Suda as having written six tragedies (''Child-Killer'', ''Greeks'', ''Odysseus'', ''Supplicants'', ' ...

, tragic poet *

Apollodorus of Telmessus Apollodorus of Telmessus is called by Artemidorus a notable or famous man (ἀνὴρ ἐλλόγιμος), and seems to have written a work on dreams. This seems to have specifically been on the subject of Oedipal The Oedipus complex (also spell ...

, 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 Apollodorus of Athens ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, ''Apollodoros ho Athenaios''; c. 180 BC – after 120 BC) son of Asclepiades Pharmacion, Asclepiades, was a Greeks, Greek scholar, historian, and grammarian. He was a pup ...

(c. 180 BC–after 120 BC), Greek historian and grammarian

Oratory

(c. 180 BC–after 120 BC), Greek historian and grammarian *

Apollodorus of Cumae Apollodorus ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος) was a Greek grammarian from Cumae, who was said to have been the first person that was given the titles of grammarian and critic. According to Pliny,Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), ...

, Greek grammarian *

Apollodorus of Cyrene Apollodorus of Cyrene ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Κυρηναῖος) was a grammarian of ancient Greece, who was often cited by other Greek grammarians, as by the Scholiast on Euripides, in the ''Etymologicum Magnum'', and in the Suda. From ...

, 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 Apollodorus of Seleucia ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος; flourished c. 150 BC), or Apollodorus Ephillus, was a Stoic philosopher, and a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon. He wrote a number of handbooks ( el, εἰσαγωγαί) on Stoicism, including ...

(), Stoic philosopher

Rulers and generals

Apollodorus (general) Apollodorus ( grc, Ἀπολλόδωρος) was an Athenian general of the 4th century BCE. He commanded the Persian auxiliaries which the Athenians had solicited from the king of Persia, Artaxerxes III, against Philip of Macedon in 340. Artaxer ...

, Athenian general of the 4th century BC *

Apollodorus of Amphipolis Apollodorus ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος) from Amphipolis was one of the cavalry generals of Alexander the Great, who commanded the force Alexander left behind with the Babylonian governor Mazaeus. He was entrusted in 331 BCE, together with Menes ...

(), Macedonian cavalry general under Alexander the Great *

Apollodorus of Cassandreia 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 ...

(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 Apollodorus ( grc-gre, Ἀπολλόδωρος, Apollodōros; 394 – after 343 BCE) of Acharnae in Attica was an Athenian politician known from several ancient forensic speeches which were preserved as part of the Demosthenic corpus. He was ...

(394–after 343), Athenian politician and subject of many of Demosthenes' speeches * Apollodorus of Boeotia (), Greek ambassador *

Apollodorus of Cyzicus Apollodorus ( grc, Ἀπολλόδωρος) of Cyzicus can refer to two different persons from ancient Greece: *Apollodorus who lived previous to the time of Plato, who in his dialogue ''Ion'', mentions him as one of the foreigners whom the Athenia ...

, two different persons from ancient Greece, one mentioned by Plato, the other by Diogenes Laërtius *

Apollodorus of Damascus Apollodorus of Damascus ( grc, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός) was a Nabataean architect and engineer from Damascus, Roman Syria, who flourished during the 2nd century AD. As an engineer he authored several technical treatises ...

, 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 Apollodorus Logisticus was a man of ancient Greece who appears to have been a mathematician, if as is usually supposed, he is the same as the one who is called ''Arithmetikos'' (ἀριθμητικός). Whether he is the same as the Apollodotus of ...

, ancient Greek mathematician *

Apollodorus Pyragrus Apollodorus Pyragrus was a man of ancient Sicily who was one of the most influential citizens of the town of Agyrium (modern Agira). He is described by the writer Cicero as having given evidence against the praetor Verres, who was notorious for his ...

, 1st century BC Sicilian mentioned by Cicero *

Apollodorus the Sicilian Apollodorus ( el, Ἀπολλόδωρος) was a loyal follower of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII. In 48 BC he is supposed to have enabled Cleopatra to get in the palace of Alexandria to Julius Caesar and in this way to strengthen decisively her ...

(), loyal follower of Cleopatra