List of ancient Greeks

List of ancient Greeks

This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD.

Table of contents

1 A
2 B
3 C
4 D
5 E
6 F
7 G
8 H
9 I
10 J
11 K
12 L
13 M
14 N
15 O
16 P
17 R
18 S
19 T
20 X
21 Z
22 Related articles

A

Abaris - priest of Apollo (or Abaris the Hyperborean?)
Acestorides - tyrant of Syracuse
Achaeus - general
Achaeus of Eretria - poet
Achermus - sculptor
Achilles Tatius - writer
Acron - writer
Acrotatus - King of Sparta
Acusilaus - scholar
Adeimantus - Corinthian general
Adrianus - sophist
Aedesius - philosopher
Aeimnestus - Spartan soldier
Aelianus Tacticus - military writer
Aelius Aristides - orator and writer
Aeneas Tacticus - writer
Aenesidemus - Sceptic philosopher
Aeropus I of Macedon - king
Aeropus II of Macedon - king
Aeschines Socraticus - Socratic philosopher
Aeschines - Athenian orator
Aeschylus - playwright
Aesop - author of fables
Aetion - painter
Aetius - philosopher
Agarista - two; wife of Megacles, mother of Pericles
Agasias - sculptor
Agasicles - King of Sparta
Agasides - athlete
Agatharchidas - Spartan general
Agatharchides - historian
Agatharchus - painter
Agatharcides - grammarian
Agathinus - medicine
Agathocles - tyrant of Syracuse
Agathon - tragic poet
Ageladas - sculptor
Agesilaus I - King of Sparta
Agesilaus II - King of Sparta
Agesipolis I - King of Sparta
Agesipolis II - King of Sparta
Agesipolis III - King of Sparta
Agis I - King of Sparta
Agis II - King of Sparta
Agis III - King of Sparta
Agis IV - King of Sparta
Agoracritus - sculptor
Agrippa - astronomer
Agyrrhius - Athenian politician c. 400 BC
Aisimides - Corcyrean general
Albinus - philosopher
Alcaeus - three; lyric poet, playwright, epigrammatist
Alcamenes - sculptor
Alcetas I of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alcibiades - Athenian general
Alcidamas - sophist
Alciphron - sophist
Alcmaeon of Croton - physician
Alcman - lyric poet 7th c. BC
Alcmenes - King of Sparta
Alexander - tragic poet
Alexander Aetolus - poet
Alexander Balas - Seleucid king of Syria
Alexander Cornelius - grammarian
Alexander I of Epirus - king of Epirus
Alexander I of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alexander I of Molossia
Alexander II of Epirus - king of Epirus
Alexander II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alexander II of Molossia
Alexander II Zabinas - King of Macedon
Alexander IV of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alexander of Abonuteichos - cult leader
Alexander of Aphrodisias - Peripatetic philosopher
Alexander of Greece - rhetorician
Alexander of Pherae - tyrant
Alexander Polyhistor - writer
Alexander the Great - King of Macedon
Alexander V of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alexis - playwright
Alyattes - king of Lydia
Alypius - music writer
Ameinocles - Corinthian inventor of the trireme
Ameipsias - Athenian comic poet
Amelesagoras - writer
Amelius - philosopher
Ammonius Hermiae - philosopher
Ammonius Saccas - philosopher
Ammonius - writer
Amphicrates - king of Samos
Amphis - Middle Comedy poet
Amynander - king of Athamania
Amyntas I of Macedon - King of Macedon
Amyntas II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Amyntas III of Macedon - King of Macedon
Amyntas IV of Macedon - King of Macedon
Anacharsis - philosopher
Anacreon - lyric poet 6th cent. BC
Anaxagoras - philosopher
Anaxander - King of Sparta
Anaxandridas I - King of Sparta
Anaxandridas - King of Sparta
Anaxandrides - philosopher
Anaxarchus - philosopher
Anaxidamus - King of Sparta
Anaxilas of Rhegium - tyrant
Anaxilas - Middle Comedy poet
Anaximander - philosopher
Anaximenes of Lampsacus - historian
Anaximenes of Miletus - philosopher
Anaxippus - New Comedy poet
Andocides - two; Athenian politician, potter
Andreas - physician
Andriscus - Adramyttian adventurer
Andron - writer
Andronicus of Cyrrhus - astronomer
Andronicus Rhodius - Peripatetic philosopher
Androsthenes - navigator
Androtion - Athenian politician and writer
Anniceris - philosopher
Anonymus [sic] - writer
Anser - erotic poet
Antagoras of Rhodes - writer
Antalcidas - Spartan general
Antenor - sculptor
Anthemius of Tralles - architect
Anticleides - writer
Antidorus - grammarian
Antigenes - Attic poet
Antigonus of Carystus - scholar
Antigonus I Monophthalmus - King of Macedon
Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedon
Antigonus III Doson - King of Macedon
Antigonus III of Macedon - King of Macedon
Antimachus - poet and scholar
Antinous - lover of Hadrian
Antiochus of Ascalon - philosopher
Antiochus I Soter - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus II Theos - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus III the Great - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus IV Epiphanes - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus V Eupator - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus VI Dionysus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus VII Sidetes - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus VIII Grypus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus X Eusebes - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus XI Ephiphanes - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus XII Dionysus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus XIII Asiaticus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antipater II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Antipater III of Macedon - King of Macedon
Antipater of Sidon - writer
Antipater of Tarsus - philosopher
Antipater of Thessalonica - epigrammatist
Antipater of Tyre - philosopher
Antipater - Macedonian general
Antiphanes - playwright
Antiphilus - writer
Antiphon - three; two Athenian orators, tragic poet
Antisthenes - two; philosopher, writer
Antonius Diogenes - writer
Antoninus Liberalis - grammarian
Antyllus - physician
Anyte of Tegea - poetess
Anytos - Athenian general
Apelles - painter
Apion - scholar
Apollocrates - tyrant of Syracuse
Apollodorus of Alexandria - physician
Apollodorus of Athens - scholar
Apollodorus of Carystus - New Comedy poet
Apollodorus of Damascus - architect
Apollodorus of Gela - New Comedy poet
Apollodorus of Pergamum - rhetor
Apollodorus of Seleuceia on the Tigris - Stoic philosopher
Apollodorus - several; painter, grammarian, comic playwright, architect
Apollonius - finance minister of Egypt
Apollonius Molon - rhetor
Apollonius Mys - physician
Apollonius of Citium - physician
Apollonius of Perga - mathematician
Apollonius of Rhodes - writer and librarian
Apollonius of Tyana - Neopythagorean sage
Apollonius of Tyre - hero of a novel
Apollonius Sophista - scholar
Apollonius - several; philosopher and mathematician
Apollophanes - comedian
Apollos - early Christian
Appian - historian
Apsines - rhetor
Araros - son of Aristophanes
Aratus - two; scholar, statesman
Arcesilas - four Cyrene kings
Arcesilaus - two; philosopher, sculptor
Archedemus - Stoic philosopher
Archedicus - New Comedy poet
Archelaus of Macedon - King of Macedon
Archelaus - three; philosopher, general, Judaean ruler
Archermus - sculptor
Archestratus - two; Athenian general, writer
Archias - poet
Archidamus I - King of Sparta
Archidamus II - King of Sparta
Archidamus III - King of Sparta
Archidamus IV - King of Sparta
Archidamus V - King of Sparta
Archigenes - physician
Archilochus - poet
Archimedes - mathematician
Archippas - Athenian comic poet
Archytas - philosopher
Arctinus - epic poet
Aretaeus - medical writer
Areus I - King of Sparta
Areus II - King of Sparta
Argas - notably bad poet
Argentarius - two; epigrammatist, rhetor
Ariaramnes - ruler of Cappadocia
Ariarathes - ten rulers of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes - three rulers of Cappadocia
Arion - poet
Aristaeus - mathematician
Aristagoras - tyrant of Miletus
Aristarchus - three; mathematician, scholar, tragedian
Aristeas - poet
Aristeus - Corinthian general
Aristias - playwright
Aristides of Miletus - writer
Aristides Quintilianus - writer
Aristides - three; Athenian statesman, two painters
Aristippus - philosopher
Aristobulus - two; historian, commentator
Aristocles - three; Spartan general, two scholars
Aristodemus - three; Spartan hero, Roman hero, historian
Aristogiton - Athenian tyrannicide
Aristomenes - two; Messenian hero, Athenian comedian
Ariston of Alexandria - philosopher
Ariston of Ceos - philosopher
Ariston of Chios - philosopher
Ariston - King of Sparta
Aristonicus of Pergamum - Attalid king of Pergamum
Aristonicus - grammarian
Aristonous - citharode
Aristonymus - comedian
Aristophanes of Byzantium - scholar
Aristophanes - playwright
Aristophon - Athenian politician
Aristotle - philosopher; Athenian general
Aristoxenus - philosopher and music theorist
Arius Didymus - philosophy teacher
Arius - Christian heretic
Arrian - historian
Arsecilas - king of Cyrene
Arsinoe I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Arsinoe II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Arsinoe III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Artemidorus - three; grammarian, two travellers
Artemisia - two; princess and queen of Halicarnassus
Artemon - five scholars
Asclepiades - four scholars
Asclepiodotus - scholar
Asius - poet
Asmonius - grammarian
Aspasia - hetaira of Pericles
Aspasius - philosopher
Astydamas - two poets
Astyochus - Spartan general
Athenaeus - two scholars, physician
Athenagoras of Athens - apologist
Athenodorus - philosopher
Attalus I - Attalid king of Pergamum
Attalus II - Attalid king of Pergamum
Attalus III - Attalid king of Pergamum
Autocrates - Athenian comic poet
Autolycus of Pitane - astronomer
Axionicus - Middle Comedy poet

B

Babrius - fabulist
Bacchylides - poet
Basil of Caesarea - Christian saint
Basilides - philosopher
Bathycles of Magnesia - sculptor
Battus - founder of Cyrene
Berenice I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Berenice II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Berenice IV of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Bion - poet
Brasidas - Spartan general
Bryson - philosopher
Bupalus - sculptor

C

Caecilius of Calacte - rhetorician
Caesarion - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Calliades - archon of Athens
Callias - Athenian statesman
Callicrates - architect
Callicratides - Spartan general
Callimachus (polemarch) - Athenian general
Callimachus - poet
Callippus - astronomer
Callisthenes - historian
Carneades - philosopher
Cassander - King of Macedon
Cebes - two philosophers
Celsus - theologian
Chabrias - Athenian general
Chaeron - tyrant of Pellene
Charillus - King of Sparta
Chariton - writer
Chrysanthius - philosopher
Chrysippus - philosopher
Dio Chrysostom - orator
John Chrysostom - theologian
Cimon - Athenian statesman
Cleandridas - Spartan statesman
Cleanthes - philosopher
Clearchus - Spartan general
Clearidas - Spartan general
Cleinias - Athenian general, father of Alcibiades
Cleisthenes - two; Athenian statesman, tyrant of Sicyon
Cleitarchus - historian
Clement of Alexandria - theologian
Cleombrotus I - King of Sparta
Cleomenes I - King of Sparta
Cleomenes II - King of Sparta
Cleomenes III - King of Sparta
Cleon - Athenian statesman
Cleon of Sicyon - tyrant
Cleopatra I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra IV of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra Thea - Seleucid king of Syria
Cleopatra V of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra V of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra VI of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra VII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleophon - Athenian statesman
Clitomachus - philosopher
Cnemus - Spartan general
Colaeus - explorer
Comeas - archon of Athens
Conon - Athenian general
Conon of Samos - astronomer
Corinna - poet
Cosmas Indicopleustes - explorer
Crantor - philosopher
Craterus of Macedon - King of Macedon
Crates of Thebes - philosopher
Crates of Mallus - grammarian and philosopher
Crates of Olynthys - architect
Cratippus - historian
Creon - archon of Athens
Cresilas - sculptor
Critias - one of the Thirty Tyrants
Critolaus - general
Croesus - king of Lydia
Ctesias - physician and historian
Ctesibius - scientist
Cylon - attempted usurper in Athens
Cynisca - female Spartan athlete
Cypselus - tyrant of Corinth

D

Daman - philosopher

Damascius - philosopher
Damasias - archon of Athens
Deinocrates of Rhodes - architect
Demaratus - King of Sparta
Demetrius - epistolographer
Demetrius - comic playwright
Demetrius - rhetorical stylist
Demetrius - Indo-Greek king
Demetrius I of Bactria - Greek king of Bactria
Demetrius I of Syria - Seleucid king of Syria
Demetrius I Poliorcetes - King of Macedon
Demetrius II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Demetrius II of Syria - Seleucid king of Syria
Demetrius III of Syria - Seleucid king of Syria
Demetrius Ixion - grammarian
Demetrius Lacon - Epicurean philosopher
Demetrius of Alopece - sculptor
Demetrius of Magnesia - writer
Demetrius of Pharos - ruler in Illyria
Demetrius of Scepsis - grammarian and archaeologist
Demetrius of Tarsus - grammarian
Demetrius of Troezen - literary historian
Demetrius Phalereus - philosopher and statesman
Demetrius the Cynic - philosopher
Demetrius the Fair - son of Demetrius I Poliorcetes
Democedes - physician
Democritus - philosopher
Demonax - philosopher
Demosthenes - two; Athenian general, Athenian orator
Dexippus - historian
Diagoras - philosopher
Dicaearchus - geographer
Didymus Chalcenterus - grammarian
Didymus the Blind - theologian
Didymus the Musician - music theorist
Diodorus Siculus - historian
Diodotus of Bactria - Seleucid king of Bactria
Diodotus Tryphon - Seleucid king of Syria
Diogenes Apolloniates - philosopher
Diogenes Laertius - biographer
Diogenes of Sinope - philosopher
Diogenianus - grammarian
Dion - tyrant of Syracuse
Dionysius of Halicarnassus - historian
Dionysius of Phocaea - Ionian general
Dionysius of Syracuse - tyrant of Syracuse
Dionysius Trax - grammarian
Diophantus - mathematician
Diotimus - Athenian general
Diphilus - comic playwright
Dorissus - King of Sparta
Draco - Athenian lawmaker

E

Echestratus - King of Sparta

Empedocles - philosopher
Epaminondas - Theban general
Ephialtes - traitor
Ephorus - historian
Epictetus - philosopher
Epicurus - philosopher
Epiphanius of Salamis - theologian
Epitadas - Spartan general
Epitadeus - Spartan statesman
Erasistratus - physician
Eratosthenes - geographer
Eubulides of Miletus - philosopher
Eubulus (statesman) - Athenian statesman
Eucleidas - King of Sparta
Euclid - mathematician
Euctemon - astronomer
Eudamidas I - King of Sparta
Eudamidas II - King of Sparta
Eudamidas III - King of Sparta
Eudemus - philosopher
Eudemus of Rhodes - philosopher
Eudoxus of Cnidus - mathematician
Eudoxus of Cyzicus - explorer
Eumenes I - Attalid king of Pergamum
Eumenes II - Attalid king of Pergamum
Eunomus - King of Sparta
Euphemus - Athenian general
Euridice I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Euripides - playwright
Eurybatus - Corcyrean general
Eurybiades - Spartan general
Eurycrates - King of Sparta
Eurycratides - King of Sparta
Eurylochus - Spartan general
Eurymedon - Athenian general
Eurypon - King of Sparta
Eurysthenes - King of Sparta
Eusebius of Caesarea - Christian historian
Euthydemus - Seleucid king of Bactria
Evagoras of Salamis - rebel

F

Favorinus - philosopher

G

Galen - physician
Gelo - tyrant of Syracuse
Gnathaena - courtesan
Gorgias - orator
Gregory of Nyssa - Christian saint
Gylippus - Spartan general

H

Harmodius and Aristogeiton - assassins
Harpalus - friend of Alexander the Great
Hecataeus - historian
Hedylus - poet
Hegesias of Magnesia - historian
Hegesipyle - mother of Cimon
Hegesistratus - son of Pisistratus
Heliodorus - four; historian, commentator, physician, writer
Hellanicus - poet
Hephaestion - lover of Alexander the Great
Heracleides - tyrant of Syracuse
Heraclides Ponticus - philosopher
Heraclitus - philosopher
Hermias - philosopher
Hermocrates - Syracusan general
Hero of Alexandria - scientist
Herodotus - historian
Herophilus - physician
Hesiod - poet
Hesychius of Alexandria - grammarian
Hicetas - philosopher
Hiero I of Syracuse - tyrant of Syracuse
Hiero II of Syracuse - tyrant of Syracuse
Hierocles of Alexandria - philosopher
Hierophon - Athenian general
Hippalus - explorer
Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus) - tyrant of Athens
Hipparchus - mathematician
Hippias (son of Pisistratus) - tyrant of Athens
Hippias - philosopher
Hippocleides - archon of Athens
Hippocrates - two; physician, Athenian general
Hippodamus of Miletus
Hipponax - poet
Hipponicus - Athenian general
Hipponoidas - Spartan general
Histiaeus - tyrant of Miletus
Homer - poet
Hypatia of Alexandria - philosopher
Hyperbolus - Athenian statesman
Hypereides - orator

I

Iamblichus - philosopher
Ibycus - poet
Ictinus - architect
Irenaeus - theologian
Isagoras - archon of Athens
Isidore of Alexandria - Neoplatonist philosopher
Isidorus of Miletus - architect
Isocrates - rhetorician; Spartan general

J

Jason of Pherae - Thessalian general

K

Karanus of Macedon - King of Macedon
Karkinos - painter
Kleoitas - architect
Koinos of Macedon - King of Macedon

L

Lacedaimonius - Athenian general

Lais - courtesan

Lamachus - Athenian general

Lamprus of Erythrae - philosopher

Leochares - sculptor

Leon - King of Sparta
Leonidas I - King of Sparta
Leonidas II - King of Sparta
Leotychidas II - King of Sparta
Leotychides - Spartan general
Leucippus - philosopher
Livius Andronicus - colonist and slave
Longinus - literary critic
Lucian - writer
Lycophron - three; poet, son of Periander, Spartan general
Lycurgus - two; King of Sparta, Athenian orator
Lygdamus - tyrant of Naxos
Lysimachus - Macedonian general
Lysander - Spartan general
Lysias - historian
Lysippus - sculptor

M

Machaon - Spartan general
Marinus - philosopher
Maximus of Smyrna - philosopher
Megacles - numerous; archon of Athens, Athenian statesman, various other Athenians
Megasthenes - traveller
Melanippides - poet
Melas - sculptor
Meleager of Gadara - poet and anthologist
Meleager of Macedon - King of Macedon
Melissus - philosopher
Menander - playwright
Menedaius - Spartan general
Menedemus of Eretria - poet
Menedemus - philosopher
Menelaus of Alexandria - mathematician
Menippus - satirist
Meton - astronomer
Miciades - Corcyrean general
Micciades - sculptor
Milo of Croton - athlete
Miltiades - numouers; archon of Athens, Athenian general, various other Athenians
Mimnermus - poet
Mindarus - Spartan general
Mnesicles - architect
Moschus - poet
Myron - sculptor
Myronides - Athenian general
Musaeus - three poets