List of ancient Greeks

A

Acacius of Caesarea - bishop of Caesarea

Acestorides - tyrant of Syracuse

Achaeus - general

Achaeus of Eretria - poet

Achermus - sculptor

Achilles Tatius - writer

Acron - physician

Acrotatus I - son of King Cleomenes of Sparta

Acrotatus II - King of Sparta, grandson of the above

Acusilaus - scholar

Adeimantus - Corinthian general

Adrianus - sophist

Aedesia - female Neoplatonic philosopher

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

Aesara - female Pythagorean philosopher

Aeschines Socraticus - Socratic philosopher

Aeschines - Athenian orator

Aeschines - Physician

Aeschylus - playwright

Aesop - author of fables

Aetion - painter

Aetius - philosopher

Agallis - female grammarian

Agarista - see Agariste

Agariste of Sicyon, daughter of the tyrant of Sicyon, Cleisthenes.

Agariste, daughter of Hippocrates, wife of Xanthippus, and mother of Pericles.

Agasias - sculptor

Agasicles - King of Sparta

Agatharchides - historian and geographer

Agatharchus - painter

Agatharchus of Syracuse - naval commander

Agathias - historian

Agathinus - medicine

Agathocles - tyrant of Syracuse

Agathocles of Bactria - Indo-Greek king

Agathon - tragic poet

Ageladas - sculptor

Agesander - 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

Aglaonike - first female astronomer of Ancient Greece

Agnodike - female Athenian physician and gynecologist

Agoracritus - sculptor

Agresphon - philologist

Agrippa - astronomer

Agyrrhius - Athenian politician c. 400 BC

Albinus - philosopher

Alcaeus - comic and lyric poet

Alcaeus of Messene - Greek author of a number of epigrams

Alcaeus of Mytilene - playwright

Alcamenes - sculptor

Alcetas I of Macedon - King of Macedon

Alcibiades - Athenian general

Alcidamas - sophist

Alciphron - sophist

Alcisthene - female painter

Alcmaeon of Croton - physician

Alcman - lyric poet 7th century BC

Alcmenes - King of Sparta

Alexander Aetolus - poet

Alexander Balas - Seleucid king of Syria

Alexander Cornelius - grammarian

Alexander I of Epirus- king of Epirus (also known as Alexander Molossus)

Alexander I of Molossia

Alexander II of Epirus - king of Epirus

Alexander II of Molossia

Alexander of Abonuteichos - cult leader

Alexander of Aphrodisias - Peripatetic philosopher

Alexander of Greece - rhetorician

Alexander of Pherae - tyrant

Alexander Polyhistor - writer

Alexander The Great

Alexandrides - historian

Alexias - physician

Alexion - physician

Alexis - playwright

Alexis - sculptor, pupil of Polykleitos

Alypius - music writer

Ameinocles - Corinthian inventor of the trireme

Ameipsias - Athenian comic poet

Amelesagoras - writer

Amelius - philosopher

Ammonius Grammaticus - writer

Ammonius Hermiae - philosopher

Ammonius Saccas - philosopher

Amphicrates - king of Samos

Amphis - Middle Comedy poet

Amynander - king of Athamania

Anacharsis - philosopher

Anacreon - lyric poet 6th century BC

Anaxagoras - philosopher

Anaxander - King of Sparta

Anaxandra - female artist of Sicyon

Anaxandridas I - King of Sparta

Anaxandridas II - King of Sparta

Anaxandrides - philosopher

Anaxarchus - philosopher

Anaxidamus - King of Sparta

Anaxilas of Rhegium - tyrant

Anaxilas - Middle Comedy poet

Anaxilaus - physician

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 (author of Antiatticista),an opponent of Phrynichus Arabius

Anser - erotic poet

Antagoras of Rhodes - writer

Antalcidas - Spartan general

Antenor - sculptor

Anthemius of Tralles - architect

Anticleides - writer

Antidorus of Cyme - grammarian

Antigenes - Attic poet

Antigonus of Carystus - scholar

Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedon

Antigonus III Doson - King of Macedon

Antigonus III of Macedon - King of Macedon

Antimachus - poet and scholar

Antimachus I - Greco-Bactrian king

Antinous - lover of Hadrian

Antiochis - Seleucid queen of Cappadochia

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 - poet

Anytos - Athenian general

Apelles - painter

Apellicon - book collector

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 Phaleron - student of Socrates

Apollodorus of Pergamon - rhetor

Apollodorus of Seleuceia on the Tigris - Stoic philosopher

Apollodorus - several; painter, grammarian, comic playwright, architect

Apollodotus I - Indo-Greek king

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 Sophista - scholar

Apollonius - several; philosopher and mathematician

Apollophanes - comedian

Apollos - early Christian

Appian - historian

Apsines - Roman-era Athenian rhetorician

Arachidamia - wealthy Spartan queen

Araros - son of Aristophanes

Aratus - two; scholar, statesman

Arcesilas - four Cyrene kings

Arcesilaus - two; philosopher, sculptor

Archedemus of Tarsus - Stoic philosopher

Archedicus - New Comedy poet

Archelaus I - King of Macedon

Archelaus II - 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

Archinos - Archon

Archippas - Athenian comic poet

Archytas - philosopher

Arctinus - epic poet

Aretaeus - medical writer

Aretaphila of Cyrene - noblewoman who deposed the tyrant Nicocrates and his co-conspirators

Arete of Cyrene - Cyrenaic philosopher, daughter of Aristippus

Areus I - King of Sparta

Areus II - King of Sparta

Argas - notably bad poet

Argentarius - two; epigrammatist, rhetorician

Arignote - philosopher; student and perhaps daughter of Pythagoras

Arimneste - Aristotle's older sister

Arion - poet

Aristaeus - mathematician

Aristagoras - tyrant of Miletus

Aristander of Telmessus - soothsayer to Alexander the Great

Aristarchus of Samos - astronomer and mathematician

Aristarchus of Samothrace - critic and grammarian

Aristarchus of Tegea - tragedian

Aristeas - poet

Aristeus - Corinthian general

Aristias - playwright

Aristides of Miletus - writer

Aristides Quintilianus - writer

Aristides - three; Athenian statesman, two painters

Aristippus - philosopher

Aristobulus of Cassandreia and Aristobulus of Paneas - two; historian, commentator

Aristocles - three; Spartan general, two scholars

Aristodemus - three; Spartan hero, Roman hero, historian

Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum - student of Socrates

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) - 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 I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece

Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under the First Persian Empire, ordered the construction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Artemon - five scholars

Asclepiades - four scholars

Asclepigenia - Athenian mystic and philosopher, daughter of Plutarch of Athens

Asclepiodotus - scholar

Asius of Samos - poet

Asmonius - grammarian

Aspasia - hetaera of Pericles

Aspasius - philosopher

Astydamas - two poets

Astyochus - Spartan general

Athenaeus - two scholars, physician

Athenais - prophet who told Alexander the Great of his allegedly divine ancestry

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

Avaris - priest of Apollo (or Abaris the Hyperborean?)

Axiochus - Alcmaeonid aristocrat

Axionicus - Middle Comedy poet

Axiothea of Phlius - female student of Plato

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

Bias of Priene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece

Bion

Bion the Borysthenite

Biton of Syracuse

Boethus - two sculptors

Boethus of Sidon - two philosophers

Bolus - writer

Brasidas - Spartan general

Brygus - potter

Bryson - philosopher

Bupalus - sculptor

C

Cadmus of Miletus - one of the first logographers

Caecilius of Calacte - rhetorician

Caesarion - son of Cleopatra VII, possibly by Julius Caesar

Calamis - 2 sculptors

Calliades - archon of Athens

Callia - three; Athenian statesman, comic poet, nobleman

Callias of Syracuse - historian

Callicrates - architect

Calicrates of Leontium - Acheaean statesman

Callicratides - Spartan general

Callimachus (polemarch) - Athenian general

Callimachus (sculptor) - sculptor

Callimachus - poet

Callinus - poet

Calliphon - philosopher

Callippus - astronomer

Callisthenes - historian

Callistratus - four; grammarian, poet, sophist, orator

Carcinus (writer) - tragedian

Carneades - philosopher

Cassander - King of Macedon

Castor of Rhodes - rhetorician

Cebes - two philosophers

Celsus - theologian

Cephidorus - two; Old Comedy poet, writer

Cephisodotus - two sculptors

Cercidas - politician/philosopher/poet

Cercops of Miletus - poet

Chabrias - Athenian general

Chaeremon - tragic poet

Chaeremon of Alexandria - teacher

Chaeris - writer

Chaeron - tyrant of Pellene

Chamaeleon - writer

Charax (writer) - writer

Chares of Athens - general

Chares of Lindos - sculptor

Chares of Mytilene - historian

Charidemus - Euboean soldier

Charillus - King of Sparta

Chariton - writer

Charmadas - philosopher

Charmidas - Athenian noble

Charon of Lampsacus - writer

Charondas - lawgiver

Chilon - Spartan ephor

Chionides - comic poet

Choerilus - Athenian tragic poet

Choerilus of Iasus - epic poet

Choerilus of Samos - epic poet

Chremonides - Athenian statesman

Christodorus - epic poet

Chrysanthius - philosopher

Chrysippus - philosopher

Dio Chrysostom - orator

John Chrysostom - theologian

Cimon - Athenian statesman

Cimon of Cleonae - painter

Cinaethon of Lacedaemon - epic poet

Cineas - Thessalian diplomat

Cinesias - Athenian poet

Cleandridas - Spartan statesman

Cleanthes - philosopher

Clearchus of Athens - comic poet

Clearchus of Herachleia

Clearchus of Rhegium - sculptor, teacher of Pythagoras

Clearchus of Sparta - general, son of Rhampias

Clearchus of Soli - author, pupil of Aristotle

Clearidas - Spartan general

Cledonius - grammarian

Cleidemus - atthidographer

Cleinias - Athenian general, father of Alcibiades

Cleisthenes - Athenian statesman

Cleisthenes of Sicyon - tyrant of Sicyon

Cleitarchus - historian

Cleitus - two Macedonian nobles

Clement of Alexandria - theologian

Cleombrotus I - King of Sparta

Cleomedes - astronomer

Cleomenes I - King of Sparta

Cleomenes II - King of Sparta

Cleomenes III - King of Sparta

Cleomenes of Naucratis - administrator

Cleon - Athenian statesman

Cleon of Sicyon - tyrant

Cleonides - writer

Cleonymus - Spartan general

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 - two; Athenian statesman, tragic poet

Clitomachus (philosopher) - philosopher

Clitophon - oligarchic statesman

Cnemus - Spartan general

Colaeus - explorer

Colluthus - epic poet

Colotes (sculptor) - sculptor

Colotes of Lampsacus - philosopher

Comeas - archon of Athens

Conon - Athenian general

Conon of Samos - astronomer

Conon (mythographer) - mythographer

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

Cratylus - philosopher

Creon - archon of Athens

Cresilas - sculptor

Critias - one of the Thirty Tyrants

Critius - sculptor

Crito - several

Critolaus - general

Croesus - king of Lydia

Ctesias - physician and historian

Ctesibius - scientist

Cylon - attempted usurper in Athens

Cynaethus - writer

Cynegeirus - heroic soldier

Cynisca - female Spartan athlete

Cypselus - tyrant of Corinth

D

Daimachus - two writers

Daman - philosopher

Damascius - philosopher

Damastes - writer

Damasias - archon of Athens

Damocles - courtier of sword fame

Damon of Athens - writer on music

Damon of Syracus - philosopher

Damophilus - painter

Damophon - sculptor

Damoxenus - New Comedy playwright

Dares of Phrygia - writer

Deinocrates (also spelled Dinocrates) - architect

Demades - orator

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 - Indo-Greek king

Demetrius II of Macedon - King of Macedon

Demetrius II of Syria - Seleucid king of Syria

Demetrius III Eucaerus - 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

Demon - writer

Demonax - philosopher

Demonax (lawmaker) - Arcadian lawmaker

Demophanes - philosopher active in public life

Demosthenes (general) - Athenian general

Demosthenes - Athenian orator

Demosthenes of Bithynia - poet

Dercyllidas - Spartan commander

Dexippus - historian

Diagoras - poet

Diagoras of Rhodes (winner of boxing, 79th Olympiad, 464 BC)

Dicaearchus - geographer

Dicaeogenes - tragic poet

Dictys Cretensis - writer

Didymus Chalcenterus - grammarian

Didymus the Blind - theologian

Didymus the Musician - music theorist

Dienekes - Spartan officer

Dinarchus - orator

Dinocrates (also spelled Deinocrates) - architect

Dinon - historian

Dio Cocceianus - orator and philosopher

Diocles - four; politician, poet, mathematician, rhetor

Diocles of Carystus - physician

Diocles of Magnesia - philosopher

Diodorus of Alexandria - mathematician and astronomer

Diodorus of Sinope - New Comedy playwright

Diodorus Cronus - philosopher

Diodorus Siculus - historian

Diodotus the Stoic - Cicero's teacher

Diodotus of Bactria - Seleucid king of Bactria

Diodotus II - Greco-Bactrian king

Diodotus Tryphon - Seleucid king of Syria

Diogenes Apolloniates - philosopher

Diogenes Laertius - biographer

Diogenes of Babylon - philosopher

Diogenes of Oenoanda - Epicurean

Diogenes of Sinope - Cynic philosopher

Diogenes of Tarsus - Epicurean

Diogenianus - two; Epicurean, grammarian

Diomedes - grammarian

Dion - tyrant of Syracuse

Dionysius Aelius - lexicographer

Dionysius the Areopagite - Athenian convert

Dionysius of Byzantium - writer

Dionysius Chalcus - poet

Dionysius of Halicarnassus - historian

Dionysius of Heraclea - writer

Dionysius Periegetes - geographic writer

Dionysius of Philadelphia - writer

Dionysius of Phocaea - Ionian general

Dionysius of Samos - writer

Dionysius Scytobrachion - grammarian

Dionysius of Sinope - Middle Comedy playwright

Dionysius of Syracuse - tyrant of Syracuse

Dionysius II - tyrant of Syracuse

Dionysius of Thebes - poet

Dionysius Trax or Thrax - grammarian

Dionysius son of Calliphron - poet

Dionysodorus - sophist

Diophantus - mathematician

Dios - historian

Dioscorides - Stoic philosopher

Dioscorides Pedanius - physician

Diotima - female philosopher

Diotimus - two; poet, Athenian general

Diotogenes - Pythagorean writer

Diphilus - comic playwright

Dorieus - Spartan prince

Dorissus - King of Sparta

Dorotheus of Sidon - astrological poet

Dorotheus - 6th-century jurist

Dosiadas - poet

Dositheus - two; astronomer, grammarian

Draco - Athenian lawmaker

Dracon - writer

Duris - Athenian potter and vase painter

Duris - historian, tyrant of Samos

E

Echecrates - philosopher

Echestratus - King of Sparta

Ecphantides - comic playwright

Ecphantus - philosopher

Eirenaeus - grammarian

Eirene - Woman artist

Elpinice - Athenian noblewoman and daughter of Miltiades, known for confronting Pericles twice.

Empedocles - philosopher

Epaminondas - Theban general

Epaphroditus of Chaeronea - scholar

Ephialtes - Athenian statesman

Ephialtes of Trachis - traitor

Ephippus - Middle Comedy playwright

Ephippus - pamphleteer

Ephorus - historian

Epicharmus of Kos - writer

Epicrates - Middle Comedy playwright

Epictetus - philosopher

Epictetus - Athenian potter and vasepainter

Epicurus - philosopher

Epigenes - two playwrights

Epilycus - writer

Epimenides - seer

Epiphanius of Salamis - theologian

Epitadas - Spartan general

Epitadeus - Spartan statesman

Erasistratus - physician

Eratosthenes - geographer

Erinna - poet

Eriphus - Middle Comedy poet

Erucius of Cyzicus - writer

Eryximachus - physician

Euangelus - New Comedy poet

Euanthius - writer

Eubulides of Miletus - philosopher

Eubulus (statesman) - Athenian statesman

Eubulus (playwright) - Middle Comedy playwright

Eucleidas - King of Sparta

Eucleides - two; philosopher, archon

Euclid - mathematician

Eucratides - Greco-Bactrian king

Euctemon - astronomer

Eudamidas I - King of Sparta

Eudamidas II - King of Sparta

Eudamidas III - King of Sparta

Eudemus of Cyprus - philosopher

Eudemus of Rhodes - philosopher

Eudorus of Alexandria - philosopher

Eudoxus of Cnidus - mathematician

Eudoxus of Cyzicus - explorer

Eudoxus of Rhodes - historian

Euenus - poet

Euetes - writer

Eugammon - epic poet

Euhemerus - mythographer

Eumelus (poet) - Corinthian poet

Eumenes I - Attalid king of Pergamum

Eumenes II - Attalid king of Pergamum

Eumenes of Cardia - secretary

Eumenius - rhetoric teacher

Eumolpidae - one of the families who ran the Eleusinian mysteries

Eunapius - sophist

Eunomus - King of Sparta

Euphantus - writer and teacher

Euphemus - Athenian general

Euphorion - philosopher

Euphorion son of Aeschylus - playwright

Euphranor - sculptor and painter

Euphron - New Comedy playwright

Euphronius - potter and vasepainter

Eupolis - Old Comedy playwright

Eurybatus - Corcyrean general

Eurybiades - Spartan general

Eurycrates - King of Sparta

Eurycratides - King of Sparta

Eurydice of Egypt - Ptolemaic queen of Egypt, wife of Ptolemy I Soter

Eurydice of Athens - A descendant of Miltiades and a wife of Demetrius I of Macedon

Eurydice (wife of Antipater II of Macedon) - Princess and wife of Antipater II of Macedon

Eurylochus - Spartan general

Eurymedon - Athenian general

Euripides - playwright

Eurypon - King of Sparta

Eurysthenes - King of Sparta

Eusebius of Caesarea - Christian historian

Euthydemus - sophist

Euthydemus I - Seleucid king of Bactria

Euthydemus II - Indo-Greek king

Euthymides - vasepainter

Eutychides - sculptor and painter

Euthyphro - prophet

Euxenides - playwright

Evagoras of Salamis - rebel

Execias - potter and vasepainter

F

Favorinus - philosopher

G

Galen - physician

Gelo - tyrant of Syracuse

George - Soldier of the Roman Army and Christian Saint

Glaphya - hetaera

Glaucus of Chios - inventor of iron welding

Glaucus of Rhegium - writer

Glycon - poet

Glycon of Athens - sculptor

Gnathaena - courtesan

Gorgias - two orators

Gorgidas - Theban military leader

Gregory of Nyssa - Christian saint

Gylippus - Spartan general

H

Habron - grammarian

Hagnon - Athenian colonizer

Hagnothemis - alleged that Alexander the Great had been poisoned

Harmodius and Aristogeiton - assassins

Harpalus - friend of Alexander the Great

Hecataeus of Abdera - historian of Egypt

Hecataeus of Miletus - historian

Hecatomnus - ruler in Asia

Hecato of Rhodes - Stoic philosopher

Hedylus - epigrammatist

Hegemon of Thasos - parodist

Hegesander - writer

Hegesias of Cyrene - philosopher

Hegesias of Magnesia - historian

Hegesippus - Athenian statesman

Hegesippus (poet) - New Comedy poet

Hegesippus (epigrammatist) - epigrammatist

Hegesipyle - mother of Cimon

Hegesistratus - son of Pisistratus

Heliocles - Greco-Bactrian king

Heliodorus - four; historian, commentator, physician, writer

Hellanicus of Lesbos - logographer

Hephaestion - Companion of Alexander the Great

Hephaistio of Thebes - astrologer

Heracleides - tyrant of Syracuse

Heraclides Ponticus - philosopher

Heraclitus - philosopher

Hermaeus - Indo-Greek king

Hermagoras - rhetorician

Hermias (philosopher)

Hermias of Atarneus, tyrant, pupil of Plato

Hermippus - comic playwright

Hermocrates - Syracusan general

Hero of Alexandria - scientist

Aelius Herodianus - grammarian

Herodotus - historian

Herophilus - physician

Herostratus - arsonist

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 and astronomer

Hippias (son of Pisistratus) - tyrant of Athens

Hippias - philosopher

Hippocleides - archon of Athens

Hippocrates - two; physician, Athenian general

Hippodamus - architect

Hipponax - poet

Hipponicus - Athenian general

Hipponoidas - Spartan general

Histiaeus - tyrant of Miletus

Homer - poet

Hypatia of Alexandria - philosopher

Hyperbolus - Athenian statesman

Hypereides - orator

Hypsicles - mathematician and astronomer

Hypsicrates - historian

I

Iamblichus (writer) - novelist

Iamblichus (philosopher) - Neoplatonist philosopher

Iambulus - writer

Iasus - two early kings

Ibycus - poet

Ictinus - architect

Idomeneus (writer) - writer of Lampsacus

Ion of Chios - poet

Iophon - tragedian

Iphicrates - Athenian general

Irenaeus - theologian

Isaeus - orator

Isaeus (Syrian rhetor)

Isagoras - archon of Athens

Isidore of Alexandria - Neoplatonist philosopher

Isidorus of Miletus - architect

Isigonus - writer

Isocrates - rhetorician; Spartan general

Ister of Cyrene - writer

Isyllus - poet

J

Jason of Pherae - Thessalian general

K

Karanus of Macedon - King of Macedon

Karkinos - painter

Kerykes - one of the families who ran the Eleusinian mysteries

Kleoitas - architect

Koinos of Macedon - King of Macedon

L

Lacedaimonius - Athenian general

Laches - Athenian aristocrat and general

Lacydes - philosopher

Lais of Corinth - hetaera

Lais of Hyccara - hetaera

Lamachus - Athenian general

Lamprocles - Athenian musician and poet

Lamprus of Erythrae - philosopher

Lasus of Hermione - poet

Leochares - sculptor

Leon - King of Sparta

Leonidas I - King of Sparta

Leonidas II - King of Sparta

Leonida of Alexandria - astrologer and poet

Leonnatus - Macedonian noble

Leosthenes - Athenian general

Leotychidas II - King of Sparta

Leotychides - Spartan general

Lesbonax - writer

Lesches - epic poet

Leucippus - philosopher

Leucon - Old Comedy poet

Libanius - writer

Licymnius of Chios - poet

Livius Andronicus - poet, dramaturg, colonist and slave

Lobon - literary forger

Longinus - literary critic

Longus - writer

Lucian - writer

Lyco - philosopher

Lycophron - three; poet, son of Periander, Spartan general

Lycortas - statesman and father of Polybius

Lycurgus of Arcadia, king

Lycurgus of Athens, one of the ten notable orators at Athens, (4th century BC)

Lycurgus of Nemea, king

Lycurgus of Sparta, creator of constitution of Sparta

Lycurgus of Thrace, king, opponent of Dionysus

Lycurgus, a.k.a. Lycomedes, in Homer

Lycus - historian

Lydiadas - Megalopolitan general

Lygdamis of Naxos - tyrant of Naxos

Lygdamus - poet

Lysander - Spartan general

Lysanias - philologist

Lysias - historian

Lysimachus - Macedonian general

Lysippus - two; poet, sculptor

Lysis - two; philosopher, actor

Lysistratus - sculptor

M

Machaon - Spartan general

Machon - New Comedy poet

Marcellinus - two writers

Marcellus of Side - physician and poet

Marinus - philosopher

Marsyas of Pella - writer

Matris of Thebes - rhetor

Matron of Pitane - parodist

Maximus of Smyrna - anatomist and philosopher

Megacles - numerous; archon of Athens, Athenian statesman, various other Athenians

Megasthenes - traveller

Meidias - Athenian potter

Melanippides - poet

Melanthius - three; tragedian, painter, writer

Melas - sculptor

Meleager of Gadara - poet and anthologist

Meleager of Macedon - King of Macedon

Melesagoras of Chalcedon - writer

Meletus - two; tragedian, son

Melinno - poet

Melissus of Samos - Eleatic philosopher

Memnon of Heraclea Pontica - historian

Memnon of Rhodes - military leader

Menaechmus - mathematician

Menander - playwright

Menander the Just - Indo-Greek king

Menander of Ephesus - writer

Menander of Laodicea - writer

Menecrates of Ephesus - poet

Menecrates of Xanthus - historian

Menedaius - Spartan general

Menedemus of Eretria - poet

Menedemus (Cynic) - Cynic philosopher

Menelaus (sculptor) - sculptor

Menelaus of Alexandria - mathematician

Menestor - botanical writer

Menexenus - student of Socrates

Menippus - satirist

Menippus of Pergamum - writer on geography

Meno - student of Aristotle

Menodotus - writer

Menodotus of Nicomedia - medical writer

Mentor of Rhodes - military leader

Mesatos - tragedian

Metagenes - Athenian comic writer

Meton - astronomer

Metrodorus - five:

Metrodorus of Chios - philosopher

Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the elder) - philosopher

Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) - philosopher

Metrodorus of Scepsis - writer

Metrodorus of Stratonicea - philosopher

Miciades - Corcyrean general

Micciades - sculptor

Micon - Athenian painter and sculptor

Milo of Croton - athlete

Miltiades - numerous; archon of Athens, Athenian general, various other Athenians

Mimnermus - poet

Mindarus - Spartan general

Mnasalces - writer

Mnaseas - traveller

Mnesicles - architect

Mnesimachus - Middle Comedy poet

Moderatus - philosopher

Moeris - Attic lexicographer

Moiro - poet

Morsimus - poet

Moschion (tragic poet) - tragedian

Moschion (physician) - physician

Moschus - poet

Musaeus - three poets

Myia - daughter of Pythagoras

Myron - sculptor

Myronides - Athenian general

Myrsilus - historian

Myrtilus - Athenian comic poet

Myrtis - Boeotian poet

Myrtis - Athenian girl, whose remains were discovered in 1994–1995

N

Nabis - Spartan usurper

Gregory Nazianzus - Bishop of Constantinople

Nearchus - Macedonian general

Neoptolemus of Parion - poet and critic

Nicander - King of Sparta

Nicarchus - poet

Nicias - Athenian statesman

King Nicias - Indo-Greek king

Nicocreon - tyrant of Cyprus

Nicomachus - mathematician and neo-Pythagorean

Nicomachus of Thebes - painter

Nicomedes I of Bithynia - king of Bithynia

Nicomedes II of Bithynia - king of Bithynia

Nicomedes III of Bithynia - king of Bithynia

Nicomedes IV of Bithynia - king of Bithynia

O

Olympias - mother of Alexander the Great

Olympiodorus of Thebes - historian

Onesilas of Salamis - rebel

Onomacritus - forger

Orestes of Macedon - King of Macedon

Origen - theologian

P

Paeonius - sculptor

Pagondas - Spartan general

Palladas - poet

Pamphilus - grammarian

Pamphilus - painter

Pamphilus - theologian

Panaetius of Rhodes - philosopher

Pantaleon - Indo-Greek king

Parmenides - philosopher

Parmenion - Macedonian general

Parrhasius - painter

Paulus Alexandrinus - astrologer

Paulus Aegineta - physician

Pausanias of Macedon - King of Macedon

Pausanias of Sparta - King of Sparta

Pausanias - traveller

Pedanius Dioscorides - physician

Peisander - Athenian statesman

Pelopidas - Theban statesman

Pelops of Sparta - King of Sparta

Perdiccas I of Macedon - King of Macedon

Perdiccas II of Macedon - King of Macedon

Perdiccas III of Macedon - King of Macedon

Periander - tyrant of Corinth, one of the Seven Sages of Greece

Pericles - Athenian statesman

Persephone-the goddess of the underworld

Perseus Argive King

Perseus of Macedon - King of Macedon

Phaedo of Elis - philosopher

Phaedrus - aristocrat

Phaenippus - archon of Athens

Phalaris - tyrant of Agrigentum

Pherecydes of Leros - mythographer

Pherecydes of Syros - philosopher

Phidias - sculptor

Phidippides - legendary runner

Philetaerus - Founder of the Attalid dynasty, king of Pergamum

Philip I Philadelphus - Seleucid king of Syria

Philip II of Macedon - King of Macedon

Philip II Philoromaeus - Seleucid king of Syria

Philip III of Macedon - King of Macedon

Philip IV of Macedon - King of Macedon

Philip V of Macedon - King of Macedon

Philip V of Macedon - King of Macedon

Philistus - historian

Philitas of Cos - poet and scholar

Philo - philosopher

Philolaus - philosopher

Philochorus - historian

Philoxenios - Indo-Greek king

Philoxenos of Eretria - painter

Philoxenus of Leucas - glutton

Philoxenus - poet

Phocion - Athenian statesman

Phocylides - poet

Phormio - Athenian general

Phryne - courtesan

Phrynichus - playwright

Pigres of Halicarnassus - poet

Pindar - poet

Pirrone - philosopher

Pisistratus - tyrant of Athens

Pittacus of Mytilene - one of the Seven Sages of Greece

Pithios - architect

Plato - philosopher

Pleistarchus - King of Sparta

Pleistoanax - King of Sparta

Plotinus - philosopher

Plutarch - biographer

Polemon - several philosophers

Polybius - historian

Polycarp - Christian saint

Polycrates - tyrant of Samos

Polydectes - King of Sparta

Polydorus - King of Sparta

Polygnotus - painter

Polykleitos - sculptor

Polyperchon - Macedonian regent

Porphyry - philosopher

Posidippus - poet

Posidonius - philosopher

Pratinas - playwright

Praxilla - poet

Praxiteles - sculptor

Procles - King of Sparta

Proclus - philosopher

Prodicus - philosopher

Protagoras - philosopher

Proteas - Athenian general

Prusias I of Bithynia - king of Bithynia

Prusias II of Bithynia - king of Bithynia

Prytanis - King of Sparta

Ptolemaeus of Alorus - military leader

Ptolemy I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy I of Macedon - King of Macedon

Ptolemy II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy IV of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy IX of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy V of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy VI of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy VII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy VIII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy X of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy XI of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy XII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy XIII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy XIV of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt

Ptolemy - geographer

Ptolemy Philadelphus - son of Antony and Cleopatra

Pyrrho - philosopher

Pyrrhus of Epirus - king of Epirus

Pythagoras - mathematician

Pytheas - explorer

Pythocles - philosopher

Pythodorus - Athenian general

R

Rhianus - poet and grammarian

Rhoecus of Samos - sculptor

S

Sappho - poet

Satyros - architect

Satyrus - four; boxer (Satyrus of Elis), politician (Satyrus of Athens), comic actor, philosopher (Satyrus the Peripatetic). Also two rulers of Greek Black Sea colonies.

Scopas - sculptor

Scopas of Aetolia Aetolian politician and general.

Scylax of Caryanda - explorer

Seleucus I Nicator - Seleucid king of Syria

Seleucus II Callinicus - Seleucid king of Syria

Seleucus III Ceraunus - Seleucid king of Syria

Seleucus IV Philopator - Seleucid king of Syria

Seleucus V Philometor - Seleucid king of Syria

Seleucus VI Epiphanes - Seleucid king of Syria

Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes - Seleucid king of Syria

Sextus Empiricus - philosopher

Simmias - philosopher

Simonides of Amorgos - poet

Simonides of Ceos - poet

Socrates - philosopher

Socrates Scholasticus - Christian historian

Socrates the Younger - Platonic philosopher

Solon - Athens lawmaker, one of the Seven Sages of Greece

Soos - King of Sparta

Sopatras - philosopher

Sophocles - two; playwright, Athenian general

Sophytes - Indo-Greek king

Sosicles (statesman) - Corinthian statesman

Sosigenes - inventor of Julian calendar

Sosthenes of Macedon - King of Macedon

Sostratus - orator

Spartacus - Thracian slave

Speusippus - philosopher

Spintharus - philosopher

Sporus of Nicaea - mathematician

Stesichorus - poet

Stesimbrotus - writer

Stilpo - philosopher

Stobaeus - biographer

Strabo - geographer

Strato of Lampsacus - philosopher

Straton of Sardis - poet

Styphon - Spartan general

T

Teleclus - King of Sparta

Terence - comedic playwright

Terpander - poet and musician

Thais - courtesan

Thales - philosopher

Thallus - historian/chronographer

Theaetetus of Athens - mathematician

Theagenes of Megara - tyrant

Theagenes of Rhegium - writer

Theagenes of Thebes - general who fell at the battle of Chaeronea

Theages - pupil of Socrates

Theano - reputedly wife of Pythagoras

Themisteus - philosopher and rhetor

Themistocles - archon of Athens

Themistogenes - writer of the Anabasis, presumed since Plutarch to be Xenophon

Theocritus - poet

Theodectes - playwright

Theodorus of Samos - sculptor

Theodorus of Cyrene - mathematician

Theodorus of Gadara - rhetor

Theodotus of Byzantium - theologian

Theognis of Megara - poet

Theon of Alexandria - librarian

Theon of Smyrna - philosopher

Aelius Theon - rhetor

Theophilus - Athenian comic poet

Theophrastus - philosopher

Theopompus - three; King of Sparta, comic poet, orator

Theramenes - Athenian statesman

Therimenes - Spartan general

Theron of Acragas - tyrant of Agrigentum

Thespus - actor

Thessalus - two physicians

Thibron - Spartan general

Thrasybulus - Athenian general

Thrasyllus - Athenian general

Thrasymachus - rhetorician

Thrasymelidas - Spartan general

Thucydides - Athenian statesman

Thucydides - historian

Ticidas - erotic poet

Tidas - tyrant of Sicyon

Timachidas - writer

Timaeus of Tauromenium - historian

Timaeus of Locri - philosopher

Timagenes - teacher

Timanthes - painter

Timocharis - philosopher

Timoclea - Theban lady shown mercy by Alexander the Great; sister of Theagenes of Thebes

Timocles - Middle Comedy poet

Timocrates - Spartan general

Timocreon - poet

Timoleon - Corinthian general

Timon of Phlius - philosopher

Timostratus - Athenian comic poet

Timotheus of Athens - general

Timotheus of Miletus - poet

Timotheus (sculptor) - sculptor

Tolmides - Athenian general

Triphiodorus or Tryphiodorus - epic poet

Tynnichus - poet

Tyrannion or Tyrannio - two; philosopher and grammarian

Tyrimmas of Macedon - King of Macedon

Tyrtaeus - poet

U

Ulysses - see Odysseus

X

Xanthippe - wife of Socrates

Xanthippus - two; father of Pericles, Spartan mercenary

Xanthus of Sicily - poet

Xenagoras - writer

Xenarchus - Middle Comedy poet

Xenocles - two playwrights

Xenoclides - Spartan general

Xenocrates - philosopher

Xenocrates of Aphrodisias - physician

Xenophanes - philosopher

Xenophilus - philosopher

Xenophon - soldier and historian

Xenophon of Ephesus - writer

Z

Zaleucus - lawgiver of Italian Locri

Zeno of Citium - philosopher

Zeno of Elea - philosopher

Zeno of Rhodes

Zeno of Sidon - two philosophers

Zenobius - philosopher

Zenodorus - writer

Zenodotus - grammarian

Zeuxidamas - King of Sparta

Zeuxis and Parrhasius - painters

Zoilus - grammarian

Zonis - orator

Zosimas - historian