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.

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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
• 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
• 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 I - king of Lydia
• Alyattes II - 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
• 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 [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
• Antimachus I - Greco-Bactrian king
• 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
• 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 Pergamum - 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 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 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
• 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
• Aristander of Telmessus - soothsayer to Alexander the Great
• Aristarchus - three; mathematician, scholar, tragedian
• Aristarchus of Samothrace - critic and grammarian
• 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
• Bion the Borysthenite
• Biton
• Boethus - two sculptors
• Boethus of Sidon - two philosophers
• Bolus - writer
• Brasidas - Spartan general
• Brygus - potter
• Bryson - philosopher
• Bupalus - sculptor

C

• Caecilius of Calacte - rhetorician
• Caesarion - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
• Calamis - sculptor
• Calliades - archon of Athens
• Callias - three; Athenian statesman, comic poet, nobleman
• Callias of Syracus - 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
• 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/philsopher/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
• Chares - three writers
• Charidemus - Euboean soldier
• Charillus - King of Sparta
• Chariton - writer
• Charmadas - philosopher
• Charmidas - Athenian noble
• Charon of Lampcacus - 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
• Cinaethon of Lacedaemon - epic poet
• Cineas - Thessalian diplomat
• Cinesias - Athenian poet
• Cleandridas - Spartan statesman
• Cleanthes - philosopher
• Clearchus - two; Spartan general, Middle Comedy poet
• Clearchus of Soli
• 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
• Cnemus - Spartan general
• Colaeus - explorer
• Colluthus - epic poet
• Colotes - 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
• Creon - archon of Athens
• Cresilas - sculptor
• Critias - one of the Thirty Tyrants
• Critius - sculptor
• Crito - four; two writers, philosopher, physician
• 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 of Rhodes - 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 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
• Demon - writer
• Demonax - philosopher
• Demophanes - philosopher active in public life
• Demosthenes - two; Athenian general, Athenian orator
• Demosthenes of Bithynia - poet
• Dercyllidas - Spartan commander
• Dexippus - historian
• Diagoras - poet
• Dicaearchus - geographer
• Dicaeogenes - tragic poet
• Dictys Cretensis - writer
• Didymus Chalcenterus - grammarian
• Didymus the Blind - theologian
• Didymus the Musician - music theorist
• Dinarchus - orator
• Dinon - historian
• Dio Cocceianus - orator and philosopher
• Diocles - four; politician, poet, mathematician, rhetor
• Diocles of Carystus - physician
• Diocles of Magnesia - philosopher
• Diodorus of Alexandria - mathematican and astronomer
• Diodorus of Sinope - New Comedy playwright
• Diodorus Cronus - philosopher
• Diodorus Siculus - historian
• Diodotus - 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
• Diophantus - mathematician
• Dios - historian
• Dioscorides - several(?) writers
• Dioscorides Pedanius - physician
• Diotimus - two; poet, Athenian general
• Diotogenes - Pythagorean writer
• Diphilus - comic playwright
• Doreius - Spartan prince
• Dorissus - King of Sparta
• Dorotheus - astrological poet
• Dosiadas - poet
• Dositheus - two; astronomer, grammarian
• Draco - Athenian lawmaker
• Dracon - writer
• Duris - two; Athenian potter and vase painter, writer

E

• Echecrates - philosopher
• Echestratus - King of Sparta
• Ecphantides - comic playwright
• Ecphantus - philosopher
• Eirenaeus - grammarian
• Empedocles - philosopher
• Epaminondas - Theban general
• Epaphroditus of Chaeronea - scholar
• Ephialtes - Athenian statesman
• Ephialtes - traitor
• Ephippus - two; Middle Comedy playwright, 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 - poetess
• Eriphus - Middle Comedy poet
• Erucius of Cyzicus - writer
• 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 - 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 - 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
• 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 - sophist
• Euthydemus I - Seleucid king of Bactria
• Euthydemus II - Indo-Greek king
• Euthymides - vasepainter
• Eutychides - sculptor and painter
• Euxenides - playwright
• Evagoras of Salamis - rebel
• Execias - potter and vasepainter

F

• Favorinus - philosopher

G

• Galen - physician
• Gelo - tyrant of Syracuse
• Gnathaena - courtesan
• Gorgias - orator
• Gorgidas - Theban military leader
• Gregory of Nyssa - Christian saint
• Gylippus - Spartan general

H

• Hagnon - Athenian colonizer
• 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
• Heliocles - Greco-Bactrian king
• Heliodorus - four; historian, commentator, physician, writer
• Hellanicus - poet
• Hephaestion - lover of Alexander the Great
• Heracleides - tyrant of Syracuse
• Heraclides Ponticus - philosopher
• Heraclitus - philosopher
• Hermaeus - Indo-Greek king
• Hermias - philosopher
• Hermias - tyrant of Atarneus, pupil of Plato
• 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
• 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

I

• Iamblichus - Neoplatonist 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
• Kerykes - one of the families who ran the Eleusinian mysteries
• Kleoitas - architect
• Koinos of Macedon - King of Macedon

L

• Lacedaimonius - Athenian general
• Lais - courtesan
• Lamachus - Athenian general
• Lamprus of Erythrae - philosopher
• Lasus of Hermione - poet
• 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
• 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
• Meletus - two; tragedian, son
• Melinno - poetess
• 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 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 - four:
  • Metrodorus of Chios - philosopher
  • Metrodorus of Lampsacus - 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 - poetess
• Morsimus - poet
• Moschion - tragedian
• Moschus - poet
• Myron - sculptor
• Myronides - Athenian general
• Musaeus - three poets
• Myia - daughter of Pythagoras
• Myron - sculptor
• Myronides - Athenian general
• Myrsilus - historian
• Myrtilus - Athenian comic poet
• Myrtis - Boeotian poetess

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
• Niciuas - 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

• Olorus - various kings of Thrace
• 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
• Parmenio - Macedonian general
• Parrhasius - painter
• 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
• Pericles - Athenian statesman
• Perseus of Macedon - King of Macedon
• Phaedo of Elis - philosopher
• Phaenippus - archon of Athens
• Phalaris - tyrant of Agrigentum
• Pherecydes of Leros - mythographer
• Pherecydes of Syros - philosopher
• Phidias - sculptor
• Phidippides - legendary runner
• Philetairos - Attalid king of Pergamum
• Philetas of Cos - poet
• 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
• 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
• Pindar - poet
• Pirrone - philosopher
• Pisistratus - tyrant of Athens
• Pithios - architect
• Plato - philosopher
• Pleistarchus - King of Sparta
• Pleistoanax - King of Sparta
• Plotinus - philosopher
• Plutarch - biographer
• Polemo - philosopher
• 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, politician, actor, writer
• Scopas - sculptor
• 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 Scholasticus - Christian historian
• Socrates - philosopher
• Solon - Athens lawmaker
• Soos - King of Sparta
• Sopatras - philosopher
• Sophocles - two; playwright, Athenian general
• Sophytes - Indo-Greek king
• Sosicles - 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
• Stilpo - philosopher
• Stobaeus - biographer
• Strabo - geographer
• Styphon - Spartan general

T

• Teleclus - King of Sparta
• Terpander - poet and musician
• Thais - courtesan
• Thales - philosopher
• Thallus - historian/chronographer
• Theatetus of Athens - mathematician
• Theagenes of Megara - tyrant
• Theagenes of Rhegium - writer
• Theages - pupil of Socrates
• Theano - reputedly wife of Pythagoras
• Themisteus - philosopher & rhetor
• Themistocles - archon of Athens
• Themistogenes - writer
• Theocritus - poet
• Theodectes - playwright
• Theodorus - 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 - tyrant of Agrigentum
• Thespus - actor
• Thessalus - two physicians
• Thibron - Spartan general
• Thrasybulus - Athenian general
• Thrasylus - Athenian general
• Thrasymachus - rhetorician
• Thrasymelidas - Spartan general
• Thucydides - historian
• Ticidas - erotic poet
• Tidas - tyrant of Sicyon
• Timachidas - writer
• Timaeus - historian
• Timagenes - teacher
• Timanthes - painter
• Timocharis - philosopher
• 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
• Triphiodorus or Tryphiodorus - epic poet
• Tynnichus - poet
• Tyrannion or Tyrannio - two; philosopher and grammarian
• Tyrimmas of Macedon - King of Macedon
• Tyrtaeus - poet

X

• Xanthippe - wife of Socrates
• Xanthippus - two; father of Pericles, Spartan mercenary
• Xanthus of Sicily - poet
• Xanthus of Lydia - writer
• 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
• Ziaelas - king of Bithynia
• Zipoetes I - king of Bithynia
• Zipoetes II - king of Bithynia
• Zipoetes II - king of Bithynia
• Zoilus - grammarian
• Zonas - orator
• Zosimus - historian

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