. imaeus (Plut. Tim. 10 ;Diod. xvi. 7, 68).—2. Of Crete, physician to theemperor Nero, 54-68 ; was the first personon whom the title of Arehiater was conferred,and was celebrated as the inventor of a famouscompound medicine and antidote called Theri-aca Andromachi, which retains its place insome foreign Pharmacopoeias to the presentday. Andromachus has left the directions formaking this mixture in a Greek elegiac poem,consisting of 174 lines, edited by Tidicaeus,Tiguri, 1607, and Leinker, Norimb. 1754 ; Kiihn,1826. Andromeda (Av
. imaeus (Plut. Tim. 10 ;Diod. xvi. 7, 68).—2. Of Crete, physician to theemperor Nero, 54-68 ; was the first personon whom the title of Arehiater was conferred,and was celebrated as the inventor of a famouscompound medicine and antidote called Theri-aca Andromachi, which retains its place insome foreign Pharmacopoeias to the presentday. Andromachus has left the directions formaking this mixture in a Greek elegiac poem,consisting of 174 lines, edited by Tidicaeus,Tiguri, 1607, and Leinker, Norimb. 1754 ; Kiihn,1826. Andromeda (AvSpo/nzSri), daughter of theAethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiopea. [Thestory belongs also to Phoenicia and is localisedat Joppa : see Strab. pp. 43, 759 ; Paus. iv. 35,9; Plm. v. § 59.] Her mother boasted thatthe beauty of her daughter surpassed thatof the Nereids, who prevailed on Poseidon tovisit the country by an inundation and asea-monster. The oracle of Ammon promiseddeliverance if Andromeda was given up tothe monster; and Cepheus, obliged to yield to. Andromeda and Perseus. (From a the wishes of his people, chained Andromedato a rock. Here she was found and saved by ; Perseus, who slew the monster and obtainedher as his wife. Andromeda had previouslybeen promised to Phineus, and this gave rise tothe famous fight of Phineus and Perseus at thewedding, in which the former and all his asso- I ciates were slain (Ov. Met. v. 1 seq.). After ANDRONICUS ANIO 71 her death, she was placed among the stars.(Apollod. ii. 4; Hyg. Fab. 64 ; Poet. Ast. ii. 10 ;Arat. Phaen. 198 ; Ov. Met. iv. 662.) Andronlcus (Av8p6i>iKosj. 1. Cyrrhestes,so called from his native place, Cyrrha, probablylived about 100, and built the octagonaltower at Athens, called the tower of thewinds (Vitr. i. 6, 4; cf. Diet, of Ant. Horo- jlogium).—2. Livius Andronlcus, the earliestRoman poet, was a Greek, probably a native of |Tarentum. He was brought to Rome 275and became the slave
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