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
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
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