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481: 418: 541: 44:. The city was named after the island, which, according to tradition, derived its name either from Andreus, a general of Rhadamanthus or from the seer Andrus. It was colonized by 71:
The site was situated nearly in the middle of the western coast of the island, at the foot of a lofty mountain. Its citadel strongly fortified by nature is mentioned by
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attempted to levy a large sum of money from the people, and upon their refusing to pay it, laid siege to their city, but was unable to take the place.
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in hexameter verse. The town and its territory were celebrated for its wine in antiquity, and the whole island was regarded as sacred to
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Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "The Aegean".
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about 654 BCE. The Andrians were compelled to join the fleet of
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in his invasion of Greece, in 480 BCE; in consequence of which
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This article about an island or other related place in the
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Index

Ancient Greek
polis
Andros
Aegean Sea
Ionians
Acanthus
Stageira
Chalcidice
Xerxes I
Themistocles
Livy
Gaurion
Xenophon
Gavrio
Palaiopolis
Isis
Dionysus
An inventory of archaic and classical poleis
Oxford University Press
736
ISBN
0-19-814099-1
Diodorus Siculus
Bibliotheca historica
Pausanias
"13.4"
W. H. S. Jones
Perseus Digital Library
Stephanus of Byzantium
Thucydides

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