Andragathus

Andragathus (Ancient Greek: 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

1. Farwell Edson, Jr., Charles (1934). "The Antigonids, Heracles, and Beroea". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Cambridge: Department of the Classics, Harvard University. 45: 237–238. doi:10.2307/310636. JSTOR 310636. OCLC 1696996. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
2. Polyaenus iv. 12. § 2
3. "Andragathus". A Universal Biography: Including Scriptural, Classical and Mythological Memoirs, Together with Accounts of Many Eminent Living Characters. 1. Mayhew, Isaac and Company. 1834. p. 187. Retrieved 2015-11-29.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Andragathus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 170.