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
- Abronychus – Athenian commander and diplomat
- 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
- Aegineta – modeller
- 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
- Agathotychus – veterinary surgeon
- 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
- Agroetas – historian
- 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 of Alexandria – music writer
- Ambryon – writer
- Ameinocles – Corinthian inventor of the trireme
- Ameipsias – Athenian comic poet
- Amelesagoras – writer
- Amelius – philosopher
- Amentes – surgeon
- 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
- Andromachus of Cyprus – admiral of Alexander the Great
- 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 – five; philosopher, general, phrourarch, son of Androcles, Judaean ruler
- Archermus – sculptor
- Archestratus – two; Athenian general, writer
- Architimus – 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
- Aristolycus of Athens – athlete
- 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
- Athenodorus – actor
- 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
- Boukris – pirate
- 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
- Callippides – runner
- Callippus – astronomer
- Callisthenes – historian
- Callisthenes (Seleucid)
- 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 of Pellene – 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
- Charmus – Athenian polemarch
- Charon of Lampsacus – writer
- Charondas – lawgiver
- Cheramyes – nobleman of Samos
- 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 (seer) – seer
- 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 (son of Pythonax) – companion of Alexander the Great
- 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
- Demophon (seer)
- 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
- Didymarchus – 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 Laërtius – 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
- Entochus – sculptor
- 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
- Epicles – name of several different individuals
- Epicrates – Middle Comedy playwright
- Epictetus – philosopher
- Epictetus – Athenian potter and vasepainter
- Epicurus – philosopher
- Epigenes – two playwrights
- Epigenes, son of Antiphon, disciple of Socrates
- Epigenes of Sicyon, tragic poet
- Epilycus – writer
- Epimenides – seer
- Epinicus – comic poet
- 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
- Gryton – Boeotian potter
- Gylippus – Spartan general
H
- Habron – grammarian
- Hagnodorus – Athenian political figure
- Hagnon – Athenian colonizer
- Hagnothemis – alleged that Alexander the Great had been poisoned
- Harmodius and Aristogeiton – assassins
- Harpalus – friend of Alexander the Great
- Harpalus (son of Polemaeus) – Macedonian statesman
- 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 of Athens – author
- Heliodorus (metrist)
- Heliodorus (surgeon)
- Heliodurus – ambassador
- 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
- Hippolus – mariner
- 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
- Istros the Callimachean
- Isyllus – poet
- Illithia – birth
J
- Jason of Pherae – Thessalian general
K
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 – orator
- Lysimachus – Macedonian general
- Lysippus – two; poet, sculptor
- Lysis – two; philosopher, actor
- Lysistratus – sculptor
M
- Machaon – Spartan general
- Machon – New Comedy poet
- 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 I (Menander I Soter, known in Indian Pāḷi sources as Milinda) – 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 the Younger – Athenian general
- Miltiades the Elder – political refugee and uncle of the above
- 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 of Athens – Athenian poet
- Musaeus of Ephesus – Ephesian poet
- 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
- Saint Nicholas – Bishop of Myra, Christian saint, main inspiration of the Santa Claus
- 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
- Peithias – leader of Corcyra
- 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 Athens – mythographer
- Pherecydes of Syros – philosopher
- Phidias – sculptor
- Phidippides – legendary runner
- Philetaerus – Founder of the Attalid dynasty, king of Pergamum
- Philippides of Paiania – Athenian aristocratic oligarch
- Philonides (physician)
- 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
- Philippus of Chollidae – neighbour of Plato
- 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 (scholarch) – Platonist philosopher
- Polemon of Athens – Stoic philosopher
- Polemon of Laodicea – sophist
- 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 – comic poet
- Posidippus – epigrammatic poet
- Posidonius – philosopher
- Pratinas – playwright
- Praxilla – poet
- Praxiteles – sculptor
- Procles – King of Sparta
- Proclus – philosopher
- Proclus of Naucratis – rhetorician
- 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
- Satyros I – ruler of Bosporan Kingdom
- Satyrus the Peripatetic – philosopher and historian
- 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
- Spintharus of Corinth – architect
- 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
- Thorax of Lacedaemonia – Spartan soldier
- Thrasippus – friend of Plato
- 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
- Timasitheus of Trapezus - diplomat and interpreter
- 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 of Amisus – 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 – politician and historian
- Zeno of Sidon – philosopher
- 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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