Apollodorus Explained

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), 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