Andramy̆les, a king of Lydia, who castrated women, and made use of them as eunuchs. Athenæus.
Andrēas, a statuary of Argos. Pausanias, bk. 6, ch. 16.——A man of Panormum, who wrote an account of all the remarkable events that had happened in Sicily. Athenæus.——A son of the Peneus. Part of Bœotia, especially where Orchomenos was built, was called Andreis after him. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 34, &c.
Andriclus, a mountain of Cilicia. Strabo, bk. 14.——A river of Troas, falling into the Scamander. Pliny, bk. 5, ch. 27.
Andriscus, a man who wrote a history of Naxos. Athenæus, bk. 1.——A worthless person called Pseudophilippus, on account of the likeness of his features to king Philip. He incited the Macedonians to revolt against Rome, and was conquered and led in triumph by Metellus, 152 B.C. Florus, bk. 2, ch. 14.
Androbius, a famous painter. Pliny, bk. 35, ch. 11.
Androclēa, a daughter of Antipœnus of Thebes. She, with her sister Alcida, sacrificed herself in the service of her country, when the oracle had promised the victory to her countrymen, who were engaged in a war against Orchomenos, if any one of noble birth devoted himself for the glory of his nation. Antipœnus refused to do it, and his daughters cheerfully accepted it, and received great honours after death. Hercules, who fought on the side of Thebes, dedicated to them the image of a lion in the temple of Diana. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 17.
Andrōcles, a son of Phintas, who reigned in Messenia. Pausanias, bk. 4, ch. 5, &c.——A man who wrote a history of Cyprus.
Androclīdes, a noble Theban, who defended the democratical, against the encroachments of the oligarchical, power. He was killed by one of his enemies.——A sophist in the age of Aurelian, who gave an account of philosophers.
Androclus, a son of Codrus, who reigned in Ionia, and took Ephesus and Samos. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 2.
Androcy̆des, a physician, who wrote the following letter to Alexander:—Vinum potaturus, Rex, memento te bibere sanguinem terræ, sicuti venenum est homini cicuta, sic et vinum. Pliny, bk. 14, ch. 5.