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

People

Ancient world

Artists

Apollonius of Athens (sculptor) The Belvedere Torso is a 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 literature. It is now ...

(fl. 1st century BC) * Apollonius of Tralles (fl. 2nd century BC), sculptor * Apollonius (satyr sculptor) * Apollonius (son of Archias), sculptor

Historians

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

Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethnica'' (). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epit ...

Writers

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

Apollonius of Rhodes Apollonius of Rhodes ( ''Apollṓnios Rhódios''; ; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek literature, ancient Greek author, best known for the ''Argonautica'', an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Go ...

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

Argonautica The ''Argonautica'' () is a Greek literature, Greek epic poem written by Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only entirely surviving Hellenistic civilization, Hellenistic epic (though Aetia (Callimachus), Callim ...

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

Apollonius (son of Sotades) Apollonius () of Athens was a son of the ribald poet Sotades. He wrote a work on the poetry of his father. He lived in the late 3rd century BC.Athenaeus, ''Deipnosophistae The ''Deipnosophistae'' (, ''Deipnosophistaí'', lit. , where ''sophi ...

, writer

Oratory

Apollonius Dyscolus Apollonius Dyscolus (; 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 was born at Alexandria, son of Mnesitheus. Th ...

(fl. 2nd century AD), grammarian *

Apollonius Eidographus Apollonius Eidographus () was a writer referred to by the Scholiast on Pindar respecting a contest in which Hiero won the prize. Some writers have thought he was a poet, but from the ''Etymologicum Magnum'', it is probable that he was some learned ...

, ancient Greek grammarian *

Apollonius Molon Apollonius Molon or Molo of Rhodes (or simply Molon; ), was a Greece, Greek rhetorician. He was a native of Alabanda, a pupil of Menecles, and settled at Rhodes, where he opened a school of rhetoric. Prior to that, he twice visited Rome as an ambas ...

(fl. 70 BC), rhetorician *

Apollonius of Athens Apollonius οf Athens (), also known as Apollonius of Naucratis, was a Greek sophist and rhetorician who lived in the time of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, at the end of the 2nd century. Apollonius was a pupil of the sophists Adrianus and Ch ...

or Apollonius of Naucratis, (fl. 2nd century AD), sophist and rhetorician *

Apollonius the Effeminate Apollonius of Alabanda (also Apollonius Malakos, Appolonius Malachus) (''malakos'' meaning 'soft', with the potential implication of 'effeminate') () was a Greek sophist rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria who flourished about 120 BC. After studying ...

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

Apollonius the Sophist Apollonius the Sophist () 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 grammarian, Archibius of Alexandria (or was poss ...

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

Philosophers

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

Apollonius of Chalcedon Apollonius () 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 Verus in philosophy. Aurel ...

, philosophy tutor to the emperors

Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors ...

and

Lucius Verus Lucius Aurelius Verus (; 15 December 130 – 23 January 169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Verus' succession together with Ma ...

Apollonius of Syria Apollonius () 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 works an oracle which promised t ...

, Platonic philosopher *

Apollonius of Tyana Apollonius of Tyana (; ; ) was a Greek philosopher and religious leader from the town of Tyana, Cappadocia in Roman Anatolia, who spent his life travelling and teaching in the Middle East, North Africa and India. He is a central figure in Ne ...

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

Apollonius of Tyre (philosopher) Apollonius of Tyre (; 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 and of their books," and which appears to have ...

, Stoic philosopher * Apollonius paradoxographus (fl. 2nd century BC), paradoxographer

Political

Apollonius (ambassador) Apollonius () 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 Antiochus the alliance whi ...

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

Apollonius (consul 460) Apollonius (Greek: Άπολλώνιος; ''floruit'' 460) was an Eastern 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 ...

, consul in 460 *

Apollonius (freedman) Apollonius () 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, and also followed him into ...

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

Apollonius (magister militum) Apollonius (Greek: Άπολλώνιος; ''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, ''Ep ...

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

Demetrius I Soter Demetrius I Soter (, ''Dēmḗtrios ho Sōtḗr,'' "Demetrius the Saviour"; 185 – June 150 BC) reigned as king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from November 162 to June 150 BC. Demetrius grew up in Rome as a hostage, but returned to Greek S ...

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

Apollonius the dioiketes Apollonius (or Apollonios, ; 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 documents, he is called sim ...

(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 Corinth, 2nd-century Bishop of Corinth * 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 (; fl. 180–210) was an anti-Montanist Greek ecclesiastical writer, probably from Asia Minor. He was thoroughly acquainted with the Christian history of Ephesus and the doings of the Phrygian Montanists. The unknown aut ...

(fl. 180–210), religious leader and writer *

Apollonius the Apologist Saint Apollonius the Apologist or Saint Apollonius of Rome ( Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος; died 21 April 185) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist who was martyred in 185 under the Emperor Commodus (161–192). Life Four differen ...

(died c. 186), religious leader * Apollonius of Rome, Christian martyr of the 4th century

Physicians and scientists

* List of physicians named Apollonius, a list of physicians in ancient Greece and Rome **

Apollonius Glaucus Apollonius Glaucus (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος Γλαῦκος) was a physician and 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 known of hi ...

, physician ** Apollonius of Citium (fl. 1st century BC), physician *

Apollonius of Perga Apollonius of Perga ( ; ) was an ancient Greek geometer and astronomer known for his work on conic sections. Beginning from the earlier contributions of Euclid and Archimedes on the topic, he brought them to the state prior to the invention o ...

(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 hero of a short ancient novel, popular in the Middle Ages. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, all are thought to derive from an ancient Greek version now lost. Plot summary In most versions, the eponymous ...

, medieval fictional character