Andreas
(Ἀνδρέας), of uncertain date, wrote a work on the cities of Sicily, of which the thirty-third book is referred to by Athenaeus. (xiv. p. 634a.)
(Ἀνδρέας), of Argos, a sculptor, whose time is not known. He made a statue of Lysippus, the Elean, victor in the boys'-wrestling. (Paus. 6.16.5.) [P.S]
(Ἀνδρέας), the name of several Greek physicians, whom it is difficult to distinguish from each other. The Andreas Comes, quoted several times by Aetius (which title means Comes Archiatrorum), was certainly the latest of all, and probably lived shortly before Aetius himself (that is, in the fourth or fifth century after Christ), as the title was only introduced under the Roman emperors. (Dict. of Ant. s. v. Archiater.) If, for want of any positive data, all the other passages where the name Andreas occurs be supposed to refer to the same person (which may possibly be the case), he was a native of Carystus in Euboea (Cassius Iatros. Problem. Phys. § 58), the son of Chrysar or Chrysaor (ὁ το͂υ Χρύσαρος or Χρυσάορος), if the name be not corrupt (Galen, Explicat. Vocum Hippocr. s. v. Ἰνδικόν, vol. xix. p. 105), and one of the followers of Herophilus. (Cels. De Medic. v. Praef. p. 81; Soran. De Arte Obstetr. 100.48. p. 101.) He was physician to Ptolemy Philopator, king of Egypt, and was killed while in attendance on that prince, shortly before the battle of Raphia (B. C. 217), by Theodotus the Aetolian, who had secretly entered the tent with the intent to murder the king. (Plb. 5.81.) He wrote several medical works, of which nothing remains but the titles, and a few extracts preserved by different ancient authors. He was probably the first person who wrote a treatise on hydrophobia, which he called Κυνόλυσσος. (Caelius Aurel. De Morb. Acut. 3.9, p. 218.) In one of his works Περὶ τῆς Ἰατρικῆς Γενεαλογίας On Medical Genealogy, he is said by Soranus, in his life of Hippocrates (Hippocr. Opera, vol. iii. p. 851), to have given a false and scandalous account of that great physician, saying that he had been obliged to leave his native country on account of his having set fire to the library at Cnidos; a story which, though universally considered to be totally unfounded, was repeated with some variations by Varro (in Pliny, Plin. Nat. 29.2) and John Tzetzes (Chil. vii. Hist. 155, in Fabricius, Biblioth. Graeca, vol. xii. p. 681, ed. vet.), and was much embellished in the middle ages. (See Hist. of the Seven Wise Masters, in Ellis's Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, vol. iii. p. 43.) Eratosthenes is said to have accused Andreas of plagiarism, and to have called him Βιβλιαίγισθος, the Aegisthus (or Adulterer) of Books. (Etymol. Magn. s. v. Βιβλιαίγισθος.) The name occurs in several ancient authors (Pliny, Plin. Nat. 20.76, 22.49, 32.27; St. Epiphanius, Adv. Haeres. i. 50.3, p. 3, ed. Colon. 1682; Schol. ad Aristoph. "Aves," 5.267; Schol. ad Nicand. " Theriaca," vv. 684, 823, &c.), but no other facts are related of him that need be noticed here. (Le Clerc, Hist. de la Méd ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. xiii. p. 57, ed. vet.; Haller, Biblioth. Botan., Chirurg., and Medic. Pract. ; Sprengel, Hist. de la Méd.; Isensee, Geschichte der Med.) [W.A.G]
bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, probably about 500 A. D., wrote a Commentary on the Apocalypse, which is printed in the principal editions of Chrysostom's works. He also wrote a work entitled " Therapeutica Spiritualis," fragments of which are extant in the " Eclogae Asceticae" of John, patriarch of Antioch. (Nessel, Cat. Vindob. Pt.i., cod. 276, No. 1. p. 381.) [P.S]
archbishop of Crete, was a native of Damascus. He was first a monk at Jerusalem, whence he is called in some ancient writings " of Jerusalem" (Ἱεροσολυμίτης, ὁ Ἱεροσολύμων), then a deacon at Constantinople, and lastly archbishop of Crete. His time is rather doubtful, but Cave has shewn that he probably flourished as early as A. D. 635. (Hist. Lit. sub ann.) In 680 he was sent by Theodorus, the patriarch of Jerusalem, to the 6th council of Constantinople, against the Monothelites, where he was ordained a deacon. Works Iambics
Some Iambics are still extant in which he thanks Agathe, the keeper of the documents, for communicating to him the acts of the synod. It seems to have been soon after this council that he was made archbishop of Crete. A doubtful tradition relates that he died on the 14th of June, 724. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. xi. p. 64.) Homilies, Triodia and other Hymns
The works ascribed to him consisted of Homilies, and Triodia and other hymns. There is great doubt as to the genuineness of several of these works. Editions
These were published by Combefisius, Par. 1644, fol., and in his Actuar-Nov, Par. 1648. A " Computus Paschalis," ascribed to Andreas, was published in Greek and Latin by Petavius. (Doctr. Temp. vol. iii. p. 393.) [P.S]
bishop of Samosata, about 430 A. D., took part in the Nestorian controversy against Cyril, patriarch of Alexandria, in answer to whose anathemas he wrote two books, of the first of which a large part is quoted by Cyril, in his Apol. adv. Orientales, and of the second some fragments are contained in the Hodegus of Anastasius Sinaita. Though prevented by illness from being present at the council of Ephesus (A. D. 431), he joined Theodoret in his opposition to the agreement between Cyril and John, and, like Theodoret, he changed his course through fear, but at a much earlier period. About 436 he yielded to the persuasions of John, and joined in the condemnation of Nestorius. Eight letters by him are extant in Latin in the " Epistolae Ephesinae" of Lupus. [P.S]
- a suitor for Cleisthenes' daughter: Hdt. 6.126
- Paus. 6.16.7