This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ancient people of Greek culture who were also born and have Greek origins and ethnic Greeks from Greece and the Mediterranean world.
A Abronychus – Athenian commander and diplomat Acacius of Caesarea – bishop of Caesarea Acesias – physician 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 Aglaophon – painter 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 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 – Thessalian witch 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 – 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 – King of Macedon Alexander IV - son of Alexander the Great and Roxana Alexander Helios - Son of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony Alexandrides – historian Alexias – physician Alexion – physician Alexis – playwright Alexis – sculptor, pupil of Polykleitos Alypius of Alexandria – music writer Ambryon – writer Ameinias of Athens - Athenian commander during the Greco-Persian Wars Ameinocles – Corinthian inventor of the trireme Ameipsias – Athenian comic poet Amelesagoras – writer Amelius – philosopher Amentes – surgeon Ammonianus – grammarian Ammonius Grammaticus – writer Ammonius Hermiae – philosopher Ammonius Saccas – philosopher Amphicrates – king of Samos Amphis – Middle Comedy poet Amynander – king of Athamania Amyntas of Mieza – somatophylax of Philip III of Macedon 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 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 Cappadocia 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 I of Macedon – King of Macedon Antipater II 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 Antiphemus – one of the founders of the city of Gela Antiphilus – writer Antiphon – three; two Athenian orators, tragic poet Antisthenes – two; philosopher, writer Antonius Diogenes – writer Antoninus Liberalis – grammarian Antonius Musa - physician to Roman Emperor Augustus Antyllus – physician Anyte of Tegea – poet Anytos – Athenian general Apega of Sparta – wife of Nabis 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) – finance minister of Egypt Apollonius Molon – rhetor Apollonius Mus – 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 Arcesilaus – four Cyrene kings, philosopher, sculptor Archidameia – name of several women Archidamis (Ἀρχίδαμις) – daughter of the Spartan King Cleadas Archedemus of Tarsus – Stoic philosopher Archedicus – New Comedy poet Archelaus – King of Macedon Archelaus – five; philosopher, Pontic army officer, phrourarch, son of Androcles, Judaean ruler Archermus – sculptor Archestratus – two; Athenian general, writer Archinus – Athenian politician 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 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 Aristomelidas - Spartan, father of the mother of AgesilausPausanias, Description of Greece, 3.9.3 Ariston of Alexandria – philosopher Ariston of Ceos – philosopher Ariston of Chios – philosopher Ariston (king of Sparta) – King of Sparta Aristonice – Delphic oracle Aristonus of Aegina - sculptorPausanias, Description of Greece, 5.22.5 Aristonicus of Pergamum – Attalid king of Pergamum Aristonicus – grammarian Aristonous – citharode Aristonymus – comedian Aristophanes of Byzantium – scholar Aristophanes – playwright Aristophon - several people Aristotle – two; philosopher, Athenian general Aristoxenus – philosopher and music theorist Arius Didymus – philosophy teacher Arius – Christian heretic Arrian – historian 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 – engineer Artemon – painter Artemon – rhetorician Artemon – sculptor Artemon Melopoios – Melic poet Artemon of Clazomenae – annalist Artemon of Magnesia – author Artemon of Miletus – author Artemon of Pergamon – rhetorician Arxilaidas (Ἀρξιλαΐδας) – Laconian generalPolyaenus, Stratagems, 8 Asclepiades – Many different people Asclepigenia – Athenian mystic and philosopher, daughter of Plutarch of Athens Asclepiodotus – scholar Asius of Samos – poet Asmonius – grammarian Aspasia – wife or concubine of Pericles Aspasius – philosopher Astydamas – three tragic poets Astyochus – Spartan general Athenaeus – two scholars, physician Athenais – prophet who told Alexander the Great of his allegedly divine ancestry Athenagoras of Athens – apologist Athenippus – physician 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
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Babrius – fabulist Bacchylides – poet Basil of Caesarea – Christian saint