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  • Acacius of Caesarea - bishop of Caesarea
  • Acestorides - tyrant of Syracuse
  • Achaeus - general
  • Achaeus of Eretria - poet
  • Achermus - sculptor
  • Achilles Tatius - writer
  • Acron - writer
  • Acrotatus I - son of King Cleomenes of Sparta
  • Acrotatus II - King of Sparta, grandson of the above
  • 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
  • Agariste of Sicyon, daughter of the tyrant of Sicyon, Cleisthenes.
  • Agariste, daughter of Hippocrates, wife of Xanthippus, and mother of Pericles.
  • Agarista - see Agariste
  • 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; Alcaeus; and 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 (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
  • Alexis - playwright
  • 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 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 - 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 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 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 - rhetor
  • 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
  • Areus I - King of Sparta
  • Areus II - King of Sparta
  • Argas - notably bad poet
  • Argentarius - two; epigrammatist, rhetor
  • 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 - two; princess and queen of Halicarnassus
  • Artemon - five scholars
  • Asclepiades - four scholars
  • Asclepiodotus - scholar
  • Asius of Samos - poet
  • Asmonius - grammarian
  • Aspasia - hetaera 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
  • Avaris - priest of Apollo (or Abaris the Hyperborean?)
  • Axiochus - Alcmaeonid aristocrat
  • Axionicus - Middle Comedy poet

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