Metrobius

(Μητρόβιος).

1. One of the numerous Greek writers on the art of cookery, quoted by Athenaeus, was the author of a work entitled Πλακουντοποιϊκὸν σύγγραμμα. (Athen. 14.643e. f.)

2. An actor, who played women's parts (λυσιῳ- δός), was a great favourite of the dictator Sulla. (Plut. Sull. 2, 36.)