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176 ANDRONICUS.
1. A Latin Odyssey in the Saturnian verse (Cic.
Brut. 18), but it is uncertain whether the poem
was an imitation or a mere translation of the Homeric poem. 2. Hymns (Liv. xxvii. 37; Fest. s. v.
Scribas), of which no fragments are extant. The
statement of some writers, that he wrote versified
Annals, is founded upon a confusion of Livius Andronicus and Ennius. (Vossius, de Hist. Lat. p. 827.)
The fragments of Livius Andronicus are contained in the collections of the fragments of the
Roman dramatists mentioned under Accius. The
fragments of the Odyssea Latina are collected in
H. Diintzer et L. Lersch, de Versu quem vocant
Scaturnino, pp. 40-48; all the fragments are contained in Diintzer's Livii Andronici Fragmenta
collecta et illustrata, 4c. Berlin, 1835, 8vo.; comp.
Osann, Analecta Oritica, c. 1. [L. S.]
ANDRONI'CUS('Avapo'vrcos),aMACEDONIAN,
is first mentioned in the war against Antiochus,
B.C. 190, as the governor of Ephesus. (Liv. xxxvii.
13.) He is spoken of in B. c. 169 as one of the
generals of Perseus, king of Macedonia, and was
sent by him to burn the dock-yards at Thessalonica,
which he delayed doing, wishing to gratify the
Romans, according to Diodorus, or thinking that
the king would repent of his purpose, as Livy
states. He was shortly afterwards put to death
by Perseus. (Liv. xliv. 10; Diod. Exc. p. 579,
Wess.; Appian, de Reb. Mac 14.)
ANDRONI'CUS ('AYSpo'vucos), of OLYNTHUS,
who is probably the same as the son of Agerrhus
mentioned by Arrian (Anab. iii. 23), was one of
the four generals appointed by Antigonus to form
the military council of the young Demetrius, in
B. c. 314. He commanded the right wing of Demetrius' army at the battle of Gaza in 312, and
after the loss of the battle, and the subsequent retreat of Demetrius, was left in command of Tyre.
He refused to surrender the city to Ptolemy, who,
however, obtained possession of it, but spared the
life of Andronicus, who fell into his hands. (Diod.
xix. 69, 86.)
ANDRONI'CUS ('Avp6vo'Kos), a Greek PHYSICIAN, mentioned by Galen (De Coimpos. Medicam.
sec. Locos, vii. 6, vol. xiii. p. 114) and Theodorus
Priscianus (Rer. 1Medic. i. 18, ii. 1, 6, pp. 18, 37,
ed. Argent), who must therefore have lived some
time before the second century after Christ. No
other particulars are known respecting him; but it
may be remarked, that the Andronicus quoted
several times by Galen with the epithet Peripateticus or Rhodius, is probably quite another person.
He is called by Tiraquellus (De Nobilitate, c. 31),
and after him by Fabricius (Bibl. Gr. vol. xiii. p.
62, ed. vet.), " Andronicus Ticianus," but this is a
mistake, as Andronicus and Titianus appear to
have been two different persons. [W. A. G.]
ANDRO'NICUS ('Avspo'vKos), a Greek POET
and contemporary of the emperor Constantius,
about A. D. 360. Libanius (Epist. 75; comp.
De Vita Sita, p.68) says, that the sweetness of his
poetry gained him the favour of all the towns
(probably cf Egypt) as far as the Ethiopians, but
that the full development of his talents was
checked by the death of his mother and the misfortune of his native town (Hermopolis?). If he is
the same as the Andronicus mentioned by Photius
(Cod. 279, p. 536, a. Bekk.) as the author of dramas
and various other poems, he was a native of Hermopolis in Egypt, of which town he was decurio.
Themistius (Orat. xxix. p. 418, &c.), who speaks

ANDROSTHENES.
of a young poet in Egypt as the author of a
tragedy, epie poems, and dithyrambs, appears
likewise to allude to Andronicus. In A. D. 359,
Andronicus, with several other persons in the east
and in Egypt, incurred the suspicion of indulging
in pagan practices. He was tried by Paulus,
whom the emperor had despatched for the purpose,
but he was found innocent and acquitted. (Ammian. Marcellin. xix. 12.) No fragments of his
works are extant, with the exception of an epigram
in the Greek Anthology. (vii. 181.) [L. S.]
ANDRONI'CUS ('Av3pdvucos), of RHODES, a
Peripatetic philosopher, who is reckoned as the
tenth of Aristotle's successors, was at the head of
the Peripatetic school at Rome, about B. c. 58, and
was the teacher of Boethus of Sidon, with whom
Strabo studied. (Strab. xiv. pp. 655, 757; Ammon.
in Aristot. Categ. p. 8, a., ed. Ald.) We know
little more of the life of Andronicus, but he is ol
special interest in the history of philosophy, from
the statement of Plutarch (Sull. c. 26), that he
published a new edition of the works of Aristoth
and Theophrastus, which formerly belonged to th(
library of Apellicon, and were brought to Rome b3
Sulla with the rest of Apellicon's library in B.C. 84
Tyrannio commenced this task, but apparently di(
not do much towards it. (Comp. Porphyr. vit. Plo
tin. c. 24; Boethius, ad Aristot. de Insterpret. p. 29'2
ed. Basil. 1570.) The arrangement which Andrc
nicus made of Aristotle's writings seems to be th
one which forms the basis of our present editions
and we are probably indebted to him for the pr(
servation of a large number of Aristotle's works.
Andronicus wrote a work upon Aristotle, th
fifth book of which contained a complete list of th
philosopher's writings, and he also wrote commei
taries upon the Physics, Ethics, and Categorie
None of these works is extant, for the paraphrai
of the Nicomachean Ethics, which is ascribed
Andronicus of Rhodes, was written by some or
else, and may have been the work of Andronici
Callistus of Thessalonica, who was professor
Rome, Bologna, Florence, and Paris, in the latt
half of the fifteenth century. Andronicus Callist
was the author of the work flepl ra68c0, which
also ascribed to Andronicus of Rhodes. The Th
TIaOcl^v was first published by H6schel, Aug. Vi
del. 1594, and the Paraphrase by Heinsius, as
anonymous work, Lugd. Bat. 1607, and afterwar
by Heinsius as the work of Androinicus of Rhod,
Lugd. Bat. 1617, with the nept naOcwv attached
it. The two works were printed at Cantab. 16'
and Oxon. 1809. (Stahr, Aristotelia, ii. p. 129.
ANDRO'NIDAS ('AvspwvlIas), was with C
licrates the leader of the Roman party among 1
Achaeans. In B. c. 146, he was sent by Metel
to Diaeus, the commander of the Achaeans,
offer peace; but the peace was rejected, and I
dronidas seized by Diaeus, who however releai
him upon the payment of a talent. (Polyb. xxix.
xxx. 20, xl. 4, 5.)
ANDRO'STHENES ('Avpfaevdnrs). 1.
Thasus, one of Alexander's admirals, sailed -v
Nearchus, and was also sent by Alexander to
plore the coast of the Persian gulf. (Strab.
p. 766; Arrian, Anab. vii. 20.) He wrote
account of this voyage, and also a Tis 'IVii
IrapdirrAovs. (Athen. iii. p. 93, b.) Compare IV
cian. Heracl. p. 63, Huds.; Theophr. de Cavs. PL
ii. 5; Vossius, de Histor. Graec. p. 98, ed. Wes
nInu~Zn.