Adrantus Explained

Adrantus should not be confused with Adrastus.

Adrantus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἄδραντος), or Ardrantus or Adrastus, was a contemporary of Athenaeus in the 2nd or 3rd century AD who wrote a commentary in five books upon the work of Theophrastus, entitled Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Περὶ Ἠθῶν, to which he added a sixth book upon the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle.^[1]

References

• Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. Smith, s.v. Adrantus, Ardrantus; Athenaeus, xv. p. 673; e. with Schweighauser's note