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'''Apollodorus''' ([[Ancient Greek|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:

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:''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 (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'', sometimes called "Pseudo-Apollodorus" to distinguish him from Apollodorus of Athens (below), 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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