Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People

Ancient world

Artists

* Apollonius of Athens (sculptor) (fl. 1st century BC) * Apollonius of Tralles (fl. 2nd century BC), sculptor *

Apollonius (satyr sculptor) Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) was an obscure sculptor of ancient Greece. His name is inscribed on the marble statue of a young satyr – sometimes referred to as ''Satyr Pouring Wine'' (though different from the statue of that name by Pra ...

Apollonius (son of Archias) Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος), the son of Archias, was an Athenian sculptor around the 1st century. He made the bronze head of the young hero, which was found at Herculaneum Herculaneum (; Neapolitan and it, Ercolano) was an ancient ...

, sculptor

Historians

Apollonius of Aphrodisias Apollonius of Aphrodisias ( grc, Απολλώνιος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς) in Cilicia is described in the Suda as a high priest and a historian. He is said to have written a work on the town of Tralles, a second on the mythological figure ...

(fl. c. 3rd century BC), historian of Caria * Apollonius of Ascalon, historian mentioned by

Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...

Writers

* Apollonius Attaleus, writer on dreams *

Apollonius of Acharnae Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) of Acharnae was a heortologist and writer of ancient Greece Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9 ...

, ancient Greek writer on festivals *

Apollonius of Laodicea Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) of Laodicea was a writer of ancient Greece who was said to have written five books on astrology (''astrologia apotelesmatica'') in which he accused the Egyptians of various astronomical errors.Paulus Alexand ...

, writer on astrology *

Apollonius of Rhodes Apollonius of Rhodes ( grc, Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος ''Apollṓnios Rhódios''; la, Apollonius Rhodius; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the ''Argonautica'', an epic poem about Jason and t ...

(born c. 270 BC), librarian and poet, best known for the ''

Argonautica The ''Argonautica'' ( el, Ἀργοναυτικά , translit=Argonautika) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the ''Argonautica'' tells the myth of the voyage of Jas ...

'' *

Apollonius (son of Chaeris) Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος), son of Chaeris, was a writer of ancient Greece, who is referred to by the scholiast on Aristophanes, and the Venetian Scholiast on Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Gre ...

, ancient Greek writer, mentioned by the scholiast on Aristophanes * Apollonius (son of Sotades), writer

Oratory

Apollonius Dyscolus Apollonius Dyscolus ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Δύσκολος; reached his maturity sometime around 130 CE) is considered one of the greatest of the Greek grammarians. Life Little is known of Apollonius Dyscolus, other than that he ...

(fl. 2nd century AD), grammarian * Apollonius Eidographus, ancient Greek grammarian * Apollonius Molon (fl. 70 BC), rhetorician *

Apollonius of Athens Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) of Athens—sometimes Apollonius of Naucratis—was a Greek sophist and rhetorician who lived in the time of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, that is, the end of the 2nd century. Apollonius was a pupil ...

or Apollonius of Naucratis, (fl. 2nd century AD), sophist and rhetorician *

Apollonius the Effeminate Apollonius the Effeminate ( grc, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Μαλακος) was a Greek rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria who flourished about 120 BC. After studying under Menecles, chief of the Asiatic school of oratory, he settled in Rhodes, whe ...

(fl. 120 BC), Greek rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria *

Apollonius the Sophist Apollonius the Sophist ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Σοφιστής) was a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD and taught in Rome in the time of Tiberius. He was born in Alexandria, the son of another gra ...

, grammarian who lived towards the end of the 1st century, and wrote a renowned Homeric lexicon

Philosophers

* Apollonius Cronus (fl. 4th century BC), philosopher of the Megarian school *

Apollonius of Chalcedon Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) of Chalcedon was an ancient Greek Stoic who taught philosophy. He was invited by the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius to come to Rome, for the purpose of instructing his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Luciu ...

, philosophy tutor to the emperors

Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: áːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠ English: ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good ...

and

Lucius Verus Lucius Aurelius Verus (15 December 130 – January/February 169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. He was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Verus' succession together wit ...

* Apollonius of Syria, Platonic philosopher *

Apollonius of Tyana Apollonius of Tyana ( grc, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς; c. 3 BC – c. 97 AD) was a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Anatolia. He is the subject of ...

(c. 40–c. 100 AD), Neo-Pythagorean philosopher *

Apollonius of Tyre (philosopher) Apollonius of Tyre ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τύριος; fl. 50 BC), was a Stoic philosopher. Strabo describes him as living "a little before my time," and says he wrote "a tabulated account of the philosophers of the school of Zeno a ...

, Stoic philosopher *

Apollonius paradoxographus Apollonius Paradoxographus was the otherwise unknown author of a paradoxographical work entitled ''Mirabilia'' or ''Historiae Mirabiles''. This was compiled from the works of earlier writers around the 2nd century BC.Craig A. Evans, (2005), ''Anci ...

(fl. 2nd century BC), paradoxographer

Political

* Apollonius (ambassador) (fl. 2nd century BC), ambassador sent from the Seleucid Empire *

Apollonius (consul 460) Apollonius (''floruit'' 460) was an East Roman consul in 460 AD. He could be identified with that Apollonius who was praetorian prefect of the East in 442–443, or with that Apollonius who was ''magister militum (Latin for "master of soldi ...

, consul in 460 * Apollonius (freedman), or Publius Licinius Apollonius, secretary of Publius Licinius Crassus *

Apollonius (magister militum) Apollonius (''fl.'' 443–451) was a general of the Eastern Roman Empire. Biography Apollonius was a Pagan and well-educated.Theodoret, ''Epistolae'' 73. Before 448 he converted to Christianity.Theodoret, ''Epistolae'' 103. He received two ...

(fl. 443–451), Eastern Roman general *

Apollonius of Clazomenae Apollonius ( grc, Απολλώνιος) of Clazomenae, was an ambassador among a delegation, together with Apollonides of Clazomenae, who was sent from Clazomenae to the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 170 BCE, after the latter had made h ...

(fl. 2nd century BC), ambassador sent to the Seleucid Empire *

Apollonius of Drepanum Apollonius of Drepanum or Drepana (modern Trapani), son of Nicon, was a man of Sicily of the 1st century BCE. He was a profligate but wealthy person, who had accumulated great treasures by robbing orphans of their property, and was spoiled in his t ...

(fl. 2nd century BC), citizen of Sicily *

Apollonius of Sicily Apollonius was one of the principal leaders during the revolt of the slaves in Sicily, which had been brought about by one Titus Vettius, in 103 BCE. The Roman Senate sent Lucius Licinius Lucullus with an army against him, and by bribes and the pr ...

, leader of a revolt in 103 BCE * Apollonius (praetorian prefect) (442–443), Roman Praetorian prefect *

Apollonius (Seleucid) Apollonius () was a man of the Seleucid Empire who lived in the 2nd century BCE. Apollonius was a friend of the Seleucid ruler Demetrius I Soter when the latter was a young man. When Demetrius, at the age of 10, was sent to Rome as a hostage in 1 ...

(fl. 2nd century BC) a friend of

Demetrius I Soter Demetrius I (Greek: ''Δημήτριος Α`'', 185 – June 150 BC), surnamed Soter (Greek: ''Σωτήρ'' - "Savior"), reigned as king ( basileus) of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from November 162 – June 150 BC. Demetrius grew up in Rom ...

Apollonius (son of Charinus) Apollonius ( grc, Άπολλώνιος), son of Charinus, was appointed by Alexander the Great, before leaving Egypt, as governor of the part of Libya on the confines of Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is ...

, politician under Alexander the Great * Apollonius the dioiketes (fl. 250 BC), finance minister of Egypt * Apollonius (tyrant), (fl. 1st century BC), Mesopotamian tyrant * Apollonius, general of the Samarians, who was defeated at the

Battle of Ma'aleh Levona The Battle of the Ascent of Lebonah () or Battle with Apollonius () was the first battle fought between the Maccabees and the Seleucid Empire in 167 or 166 BCE. The Jewish forces were led by Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee) and the Seleucid army ...

in 167 BC

Religious figures

Apollonius (bishop of Ephesus) Apollonius of Ephesus ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος; fl. 180–210) was an anti- Montanist Greek ecclesiastical writer, probably from Asia Minor. He was thoroughly acquainted with the Christian history of Ephesus and the doings of the Phrygian ...

, 2nd-century Christian writer * Apollonius (martyr), Christian martyr of the 2nd century * Apollonius of Egypt, theorist on the age of the world *

Apollonius of Ephesus Apollonius of Ephesus ( el, Ἀπολλώνιος; fl. 180–210) was an anti- Montanist Greek ecclesiastical writer, probably from Asia Minor. He was thoroughly acquainted with the Christian history of Ephesus and the doings of the Phrygian ...

(fl. 180–210), religious leader and writer * Apollonius the Apologist (died c. 186), religious leader *

Apollonius of Rome Saint Apollonius the Apologist or Saint Apollonius of Rome (died 21 April 185) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist (not to be confused with Apollinaris Claudius, another contemporary apologist) who was martyred in 185 under the Emp ...

, Christian martyr of the 4th century

Physicians and scientists

* List of physicians named Apollonius, a list of physicians in ancient Greece and Rome ** Apollonius Glaucus, physician ** Apollonius of Citium (fl. 1st century BC), physician *

Apollonius of Perga Apollonius of Perga ( grc-gre, Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Περγαῖος, Apollṓnios ho Pergaîos; la, Apollonius Pergaeus; ) was an Ancient Greek geometer and astronomer known for his work on conic sections. Beginning from the contribut ...

(late 3rd–early 2nd centuries BC), geometer and astronomer

Other

* Apollonius of Myndus, ancient astrologer said to be skilled with horoscopes

Modern world

* Apollonius Schotte (c. 1579–1639), Dutch statesman *

Apollonius von Maltitz Apollonius Freiherr von Maltitz (June 11, 1795 – March 2, 1870) was a German writer and diplomat. Von Maltitz was born in Gera. He became a diplomat in the service of the Russian Empire from 1811, representing it in various cities, mostly in Ge ...

(1795–1870), Russian diplomat

Fictional characters

Apollonius of Tyre Apollonius of Tyre is the subject of an ancient short novella, popular in the Middle Ages. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, the text is thought to be translated from an ancient Greek manuscript, now lost. Plot summary In most versi ...

, medieval fictional character