Androsthenes
(Ἀνδρόσθενης).
1. Of Thasus, one of Alexander's admirals, sailed with Nearchus, and was also sent by Alexander to explore the coast of the Persian gulf. (Strab. xvi. p.766; Arrian, Arr. Anab. 7.20.) Works Τῆς Ἰνδικῆς παράπλους
Androsthenes wrote an account of this voyage, and also a Τῆς Ἰνδικῆς παράπλους. (Athen. 3.93b.) Further Information
Compare Marcian. Heracl. p. 63, Huds.; Theophr. de Caus. Plant. 2.5; Vossius, de Histor. Graec. p. 98, ed. Westermann.
2. Of Cyzicus, left by Antiochus the Great in India, to convey the treasures promised him by the Indian king Sophagasenus. (Plb. 11.34.)
3. Of Corinth, who defended Corinth against the Romans in B. C. 198, and was defeated in the following year by the Achaeans. (Liv. 32.23 ; 33.14, 15.)
4. Of Thessaly, called by Caesar the praetor of the country (by which he means merely the military commander), shut the gates of Gomphi against Caesar in B. C. 48, in consequence of the defeat at Dyrrhachium. (Caes. Civ. 3.80.)
(Ἀνδροσθένης), an Athenian sculptor, the disciple of Eucadmus, completed the figures supporting the roof of the temple of Apollo at Delphi, which had been left unfinished by Praxias. (Paus. 10.19.3.) The time when he lived is not exactly known; it was probably about 440 B. C. [P.S]
- pupil of Eucadmus: Paus. 10.19.4
- a Maenalian, Olympic victor: Paus. 6.6.1