Apollodorus () is the name of two physicians mentioned by Pliny the Elder,Pliny the Elder, Natural History 20.13 one of whom was a native of Citium (modern Kition), in Cyprus, the other of Tarentum (modern Taranto). Perhaps it was one of these who wrote to Ptolemy, king of Egypt, giving him directions as to what wines he should drink,Athenaeus 14.9 though to which king of this name his precepts were addressed is not mentioned. A person of the same name wrote a work Ointments and Chaplets (Περὶ Μύρων καὶ Στεφάνων) quoted by Athenaeus,Athenaeus xv. p. 675 and another, quoted by the same author, On Venomous Animals (Περὶ Θηρίων),Athenaeus xv. p. 681 which is possibly the work that is several times referred to by Pliny.Pliny the Elder, Natural History 22.15, 29, &c.
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