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:

1. 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) (), Greek sculptor in bronze so picky he often broke his works in pieces after he finished them

Authors

• Apollodorus (), 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 (), New Comedy playwright

• Apollodorus of Erythrae, ancient Greek writer

• Apollodorus of Gela (), 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 (), Athenian philosopher and author of the Life of Epicurus, head of the Epicurean school in Athens

Historians

• Apollodorus of Artemita (), 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 (), 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 (), Stoic philosopher

Rulers and generals

• Apollodorus (general), Athenian general of the 4th century BC

• Apollodorus of Amphipolis (), 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) (), 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 (), 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 (), 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 (), loyal follower of Cleopatra

See also

• Apollodorus of Smyrna, a copyist error for Apollonides of Smyrna

• Apollo (disambiguation)

• Apollinaris (disambiguation)

• Apollonia (disambiguation)

• Apollonius (disambiguation)