Papias may refer to:
- Papias (admiral), Roman admiral in the 1st century BC
- Papias of Hierapolis, 2nd-century AD Christian author
- Papias (lexicographer), author of Elementarium Doctrinae Erudimentum (1040s)
- Papias (butterfly)
- Papias (Byzantine office), office for eunuchs in the imperial palace administration