Apollonius

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

Artists

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

Historians

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

Writers

 * Apollonius Attaleus, writer on dreams
 * Apollonius of Acharnae, ancient Greek writer on festivals
 * Apollonius of Laodicea, writer on astrology
 * Apollonius of Rhodes (born c. 270 BC), librarian and poet, best known for the Argonautica
 * Apollonius (son of Chaeris), ancient Greek writer, mentioned by the scholiast on Aristophanes
 * Apollonius (son of Sotades), writer

Oratory

 * Apollonius Dyscolus (fl. 2nd century AD), grammarian
 * Apollonius Eidographus, ancient Greek grammarian
 * Apollonius Molon (fl. 70 BC), rhetorician
 * Apollonius of Athens or Apollonius of Naucratis, (fl. 2nd century AD), sophist and rhetorician
 * Apollonius the Effeminate (fl. 120 BC), Greek rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria
 * Apollonius the Sophist, 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, philosophy tutor to the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
 * Apollonius of Syria, Platonic philosopher
 * Apollonius of Tyana (c. 40–c. 100 AD), Neo-Pythagorean philosopher
 * Apollonius of Tyre (philosopher), Stoic philosopher
 * Apollonius paradoxographus (fl. 2nd century BC), paradoxographer

Political

 * Apollonius (ambassador) (fl. 2nd century BC), ambassador sent from the Seleucid Empire
 * Apollonius (consul 460), consul in 460
 * Apollonius (freedman), or Publius Licinius Apollonius, secretary of Publius Licinius Crassus
 * Apollonius (magister militum) (fl. 443–451), Eastern Roman general
 * Apollonius of Clazomenae (fl. 2nd century BC), ambassador sent to the Seleucid Empire
 * Apollonius of Drepanum (fl. 2nd century BC), citizen of Sicily
 * Apollonius of Sicily, leader of a revolt in 103 BCE
 * Apollonius (praetorian prefect) (442–443), Roman Praetorian prefect
 * Apollonius (Seleucid) (fl. 2nd century BC) a friend of Demetrius I Soter
 * Apollonius (son of Charinus), 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 in 167 BC

Religious figures

 * Apollonius, Bishop of Corinth, 2nd-century Bishop of Corinth
 * Apollonius (bishop of Ephesus), 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 (fl. 180–210), religious leader and writer
 * Apollonius the Apologist (died c. 186), religious leader
 * Apollonius of Rome, 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 (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 (1795–1870), Russian diplomat

Fictional characters

 * Apollonius of Tyre, medieval fictional character