Andros
place · 4 works · 6 mentions · 6 anchored passages
in the texts
The Histories
Aegean island where the Greek fleet's pursuit of the fleeing Persians ends and where the council debating whether to break the Hellespont bridges is held.
so they pursued Xerxes ' fleet as far as Andros, but failed to catch sight of it.
As for the Greeks, not being able to take Andros, they went to Carystus.
using the same agents whom he had used with the king, he sent threatening messages to the other islands, demanding money and saying that if they would not give what he asked he would bring the Greek armada upon them and besiege and take their islands.
Hellenica
An island that revolts from the Athenians and is subsequently attacked by Alcibiades's expedition.
Alcibiades disembarked his army at Gaurium, in the territory of Andros;
Then, in the fourth month after his return to Athens, he set sail for Andros, which had revolted from the Athenians;
After this Conon set sail from Andros, with the twenty ships which he had, to Samos, there to assume command of the fleet in accordance with the vote which the Athenians had passed.
Against Timarchus
An allied island where Timarchus bought and abused a magistracy, exploiting the local population.
He held a magistracy in Andros, which he bought for thirty minas, borrowing the money at nine obols on the mina, and thus he made your allies a ready source of supply for his own lusts.
By Zeus and Apollo, many a time before now have I marvelled at the good fortune of your city, shown on many other occasions, but not least in this, that in those days he found nobody to whom he could sell the state of Andros!
Theomnestus and Apollodorus Against Neaera
Home island of Epaenetus, Neaera's old lover who was later entrapped and extorted by Stephanus.
Epaenetus, of Andros, an old lover of Neaera, who had spent large sums of money upon her, used to lodge with these people whenever he came to Athens on account of his affection for Neaera.