Andron (Ancient Greek: Ἄνδρων) is the name of a number of different people in classical antiquity:
- Andron of Alexandria, a writer whose work entitled The Years (Χρονικὰ) is referred to by Athenaeus around the late 2nd century BCE.[1]
- Andron of Catania, an ancient semi-legendary dancer and music composer.
- Andron of Ephesus, who wrote a work on the Seven Sages of Greece, which seems to have been titled Tripod (Τρίπους).[2][3][4][5][6]
- Andron of Halicarnassus, a Greek historian who was mentioned by Plutarch in conjunction with Hellanicus.[7][8][9]
- Andron of Teos, an ancient writer, and author of a work titled Circumnavigation (Περίπλους),[10] who is probably the same person as the one referred to by Strabo,[11] Stephanus of Byzantium, and others. He may also have been the same as the author of About Affinity (Περὶ Συγγενειῶν).[12][13]
- Andron, an ancient sculptor, whose age and country are unknown. He was known to have made a statue of Harmonia, the daughter of Mars and Venus.[14]
- Andron (physician), an ancient Greek physician.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae iv. p. 184, b.
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers i. 30, 119
- ^ Scholiast On Pindar's Isthmian Odes ii. 17
- ^ Clement of Alexandria, Stromata i. p. 332, b.
- ^ Suda and Phot. s.v. Σαμίων ὁ δῆμος
- ^ Eusebius, Praeparatio evangelica x. 3.
- ^ Plutarch, Theseus c. 25
- ^ Comp. Tzetzes, ad Lycophr. 894, 1283
- ^ Schol. ad Aescl. Pers. 183.
- ^ Scholiast, On Apollonius of Rhodes ii. 354
- ^ Strabo, Geography ix. pp. 392, 456, 475
- ^ Harpocration, s.v. Φορβαντεῖον
- ^ Scholiast, On Apollonius of Rhodes ii. 946
- ^ Tatian, Oratio ad Graecos 55, p. 119, Worth
Attribution
[edit] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Andron". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 173.