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.
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
See also
- Ancient Greece
- Archons of Athens
- Attalid dynasty
- Antigonid dynasty
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
- Indo-Greek kingdom
- Hellenistic Greece
- Kings of Athens
- Kings of Sparta
- List of ancient Romans
- List of ancient Greek cities
- List of ancient Greek tyrants
- List of Greeks
- Ptolemaic dynasty
- Seleucid dynasty
- National Archaeological Museum of Athens
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