Metrodorus

Metrodorus (Greek: Μητρόδωρος, romanized: Mētrodōros, lit. 'mother's gift') is a Greek masculine given name. Notable persons with the name include:

• Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the elder) (5th century BC), philosopher from the school of Anaxagoras
• Metrodorus of Cos (5th century BC), Pythagorean writer
• Metrodorus of Chios (4th century BC), philosopher from the school of Democritus
• Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) (331–278 BC), Epicurean philosopher
• Metrodorus of Athens (mid 2nd century BC), philosopher and painter
• Metrodorus of Stratonicea (late 2nd century BC), philosopher, originally Epicurean, later a follower of Carneades
• Metrodorus of Scepsis (c. 145 BC – 70 BC), writer, orator and politician
• Metrodorus (grammarian) (c. 6th century AD), grammarian and mathematician who collected the mathematical epigrams in the Greek Anthology
• Metrodorus (4th century BC), physician who married Aristotle's daughter Pythias
• Metrodorus (late 3rd, early 2nd century BC), general in the employ of Philip V of Macedon during the Cretan War

Fictional characters

• Mitrodor (Russified form), fictional character in Nikolai Nekrasov's poem Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?

See also

• All pages with titles containing Metrodorus

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