Andron
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Andron ({{langx|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.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae iv. p. 184, b.
- {{ill|Andron (dancer)|it|Androne (danzatore)|lt=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).Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers i. 30, 119Scholiast On Pindar's Isthmian Odes ii. 17Clement of Alexandria, Stromata i. p. 332, b.Suda and Phot. s.v. Σαμίων ὁ δῆμοςEusebius, Praeparatio evangelica x. 3.
- Andron of Halicarnassus, a Greek historian who was mentioned by Plutarch in conjunction with Hellanicus.Plutarch, Theseus c. 25Comp. Tzetzes, ad Lycophr. 894, 1283Schol. ad Aescl. Pers. 183.
- Andron of Teos, an ancient writer, and author of a work titled Circumnavigation (Περίπλους),Scholiast, On Apollonius of Rhodes ii. 354 who is probably the same person as the one referred to by Strabo,Strabo, Geography ix. pp. 392, 456, 475 Stephanus of Byzantium, and others. He may also have been the same as the author of About Affinity (Περὶ Συγγενειῶν).Harpocration, s.v. ΦορβαντεῖονScholiast, On Apollonius of Rhodes ii. 946
- 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.Tatian, Oratio ad Graecos 55, p. 119, Worth
- Andron (physician), an ancient Greek physician.
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Category:Ancient Greek writers known only from secondary sources
Category:Ancient Greek historians known only from secondary sources
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