Andragathus Explained

Andragathus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀνδράγαθος) was a man in ancient Greece given command of the garrison at Amphipolis by Demetrius I of Macedon in 287 BCE to keep the threat of rival general Lysimachus in check while Demetrius went off to wage war against Pyrrhus of Epirus at Beroea (now modern Veria).^[1] Andragathus surrendered the city to Lysimachus, perhaps after being offered a bribe.^[2]

In some works, the name Andragathus is used to refer to the murderer of Roman emperor Gratian. This person's name was actually Andragathius.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Farwell Edson, Jr. . Charles . The Antigonids, Heracles, and Beroea . Harvard Studies in Classical Philology . 45 . 237–238 . Department of the Classics, Harvard University . Cambridge . 1934 . English . 310636 . 1696996. 10.2307/310636 . 2015-11-29.
2. [Polyaenus]
3. Encyclopedia: Andragathus . A Universal Biography: Including Scriptural, Classical and Mythological Memoirs, Together with Accounts of Many Eminent Living Characters . 1 . 187 . Mayhew, Isaac and Company . 1834 . 2015-11-29.