Aphareus (Ancient Greek: Ἀφαρεύς) may refer to the following figures.

• Aphareus, a Messenian king, son of Perieres and Gorgophone.^[1]
• Aphareus, a Centaur that attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia. In the battle initiated by the Centaurs, he tried to throw a rock at his opponents but was killed by Theseus.^[2]
• Aphareus, a Greek warrior in the Trojan War who was one of the seven captains of the sentinels along with, Thrasymedes, Ascalaphus, Ialmenus, Meriones, Deipyrus and Lycomedes.^[3] He was the son of Caletor. Aeneas leapt upon Aphareus and struck him on the throat with a sharp spear, slaying the Achaean warrior eventually.^[4]
• Aphareus, an Athenian rhetor, son of the sophist Hippias and Plathane.^[5]