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:

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 Acharnae (394–after 343 BC), Athenian litigant and orator, some of whose speeches are transmitted among the work of Demosthenes
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
Apollodorus of Carystus (fl. 300–260 BC), New Comedy playwright
Apollodorus of Cumae, Greek grammarian
Apollodorus of Cyrene, Greek grammarian
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 Pergamon, 1st century BC rhetorician
Apollodorus of Tarsus, tragic poet
Apollodorus of Telmessus, writer on dreams

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 AD), jurist involved in the compilation of the Theodosian Code
Apollodorus (physician), two physicians mentioned by Pliny the Elder
Apollodorus (runner), Macedonian runner and Olympic champion of the 1st century AD
Apollodorus of Boeotia, ambassador sent by the Boeotians to the Messenians in 183 BC
Apollodorus of Cyzicus, two different persons from ancient Greece, one mentioned by Plato, the other by Diogenes Laertius
Apollodorus of Damascus, Nabataean architect and engineer in the 2nd century AD
Apollodorus of Macedonia (fl. 198 BC), Macedonian scribe, secretary to King Philip V of Macedon
Apollodorus of Nicaea, citizen of Nicaea mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium
Apollodorus Logisticus, ancient Greek mathematician
Apollodorus Pyragrus, Sicilian of the 1st century BC mentioned by Cicero
Apollodorus the Sicilian (fl. 48 BC), loyal follower of Cleopatra