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

Historians

Oratory

Philosophers

Rulers and generals

Other

See also

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