# 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 (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