Apollodorus

For the impact crater on Mercury, see Apollodorus (crater).

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 (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)