Andron Explained
Andron (grc|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]
- 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 and References
- Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae iv. p. 184, b.
- [Diogenes Laërtius]
- [Scholiast]
- [Clement of Alexandria]
- [Suda]
- [Eusebius]
- [Plutarch]
- Comp. Tzetzes, ad Lycophr. 894, 1283
- Schol. ad Aescl. Pers. 183.
- [Scholiast]
- [Strabo]
- [Harpocration]
- [Scholiast]
- [Tatian]