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) (fl.c. 324 BC), Greek sculptor in bronze so picky he often broke his works in pieces after he finished them

Authors

  • Apollodorus (fl.1st or 2nd century AD), 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 (fl.300–260 BC), New Comedy playwright
  • Apollodorus of Erythrae, ancient Greek writer
  • Apollodorus of Gela (fl.340–290 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 (fl.2nd century BC), Athenian philosopher and author of the Life of Epicurus, head of the Epicurean school in Athens

Historians

  • Apollodorus of Artemita (fl.130–87 BC), 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 (fl.2nd century BC), 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 (fl.c. 150 BC), Stoic philosopher

Rulers and generals

  • Apollodorus (general), Athenian general of the 4th century BC
  • Apollodorus of Amphipolis (fl.331 BC), 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) (fl.435–438), 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 (fl.183 BC), 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 (fl.198 BC), 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 (fl.48 BC), loyal follower of Cleopatra

See also

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