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Andronicus of Cyrrhus ( Greek: Ανδρόνικος Κυρρήστου ) or Andronicus Cyrrhestes, son of Hermias, was a Greek astronomer who flourished about 100 BC.
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Andronicus and Cyrrhus
ms: Andronicus dari Cyrrhus
* Andronicus of Cyrrhus ( c. 100 BC ), Greek astronomer
Greek astronomer Andronicus of Cyrrhus supervised the construction of the Tower of the Winds in Athens in the 1st century B. C.
It was supposedly built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus around 50 BCE, but according to other sources might have been constructed in the 2nd century BCE before the rest of the forum.
According to the testimony of Vitruvius and Varro, Andronicus of Cyrrhus designed the structure.
Also, a Greek astronomer, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, supervised the construction of his Horologion, known today as the Tower of the Winds, in the Athens marketplace ( or agora ) in the first half of the 1st century BCE.
Andronicus and Greek
Andronicus or Andronikos is a classical Greek name ( Ανδρόνικος ), from the Gr. words " andras ", ( Gr. άνδρας ), i. e. man and " Nike " ( Gr. Νίκη ), i. e. victory.
* Andronicus of Rhodes ( c. 70 BC ), Greek philosopher
The adaptor was Livius Andronicus, a Greek who had been brought to Rome as a prisoner of war in 272 BC.
Andronicus also translated Homer's Greek epic the Odyssey into an old type of Latin verse called Saturnian.
In addition, we have to thank him for such copious quotations from the Greek commentaries from the time of Andronicus of Rhodes down to Ammonius and Damascius, that, for the Categories and the Physics, the outlines of a history of the interpretation and criticism of those books may be composed.
The Camenae were later identified with the Greek Muses ; in his translation of Homer's Odyssey, Livius Andronicus rendered the Greek word Mousa as Camena.
By Andronicus ' age, the folk-etymology deduction from monēre prevailed, and so he could transform this epithet into a separate goddess, the literary ( but not religious ) counterpart of Greek Mnemosyne.
* Marcus Livius Salinator, recipient or purchaser of Andronicus, an educated Greek, immediately after the fall of Tarentum to Rome in 272 BC, and decemvir in 236 BC
Gregoras remained loyal to the elder Andronicus to the last, but after his death he succeeded in gaining the favour of his grandson, by whom he was appointed to conduct the unsuccessful negotiations ( for a union of the Greek and Latin churches ) with the ambassadors of Pope John XXII ( 1333 ).
Andronicus is the Latinization of a Greek name, which was held by a number of Greek historical figures of the period.
It is generally considered that Andronicus came from his Greek name and that Livius, a name originally local to Latium, was the gentilicium, the family name, of his patron ( patronus ).
Andronikos IV Palaiologos ( or Andronicus IV Palaeologus ) ( Greek: Ανδρόνικος Δ ' Παλαιολόγος, Andronikos IV Paleologos ) ( 2 April 1348 – 28 June 1385 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 1376 to 1379.
Thoros ’ s brother, Stephen, ignoring Thoros ’ s official pledges to Manuel, with the help of a few of his supporters continued attacking Greek garrisons thus giving Andronicus Euphorbenus, the Byzantine governor stationed in Tarsus, the opportunity to sabotage the treaty.
Thoros, who had his own reasons for desiring Stephen ’ s murder, accused of Andronicus Euphorbenus of complicity and swept down on Mamistra, Anazarbus and Vahka, surprising and murdering the Greek garrisons.
The united forces met little resistance in the eastern Serbian lands-the Greek squadrons were fighting among themselves as the local Byzantine commanders: Alexios Brannes supported the new Emperor, while Andronicus Lapardes opposed him-and deserted the Imperial Army, going onto adventures on his own.
The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a Greek slave, Livius Andronicus, at Rome in 240 BC.
Andronicus and Ανδρόνικος
* Andronicus ' Steed ( Ο Ανδρόνικος και ο Μαύρος του ).
Andronicus and Cyrrhestes
ca: Andronicus Cyrrhestes
Andronicus and son
Andronicus was himself a son of Theodora Komnene Angelina, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina.
He and his ally, Byzantine emperor John V Palaeologus ' son Andronicus, rebelled against their fathers.
In 1303 de Flor offered the services of his Company to the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus and his son the Basileus Michael IX Palaeologus.
Michael VII's son and successor Andronicus II repudiated the union.
His son and successor Andronicus II repudiated the union, and Bekkos was forced to abdicate, being eventually exiled and imprisoned until his death in 1297.
# John V Palaiologos, son of Andronicus III ( disputed by John VI Kantakuzenos, a maternal relative of the Palaiologoi )
He was the son of the Austrian duke Henry II Jasomirgott and his Byzantine wife, Theodora Comnena, a daughter of Andronicus Comnenus, the second eldest son of the Emperor John II Komnenos.
Angus played the role of Lucius, eldest son of Titus Andronicus ( played by Hopkins ).
* Lucius, in the play " Titus Andronicus " by William Shakespeare, Lucius is Titus ' son and only survivor at the end.
Charles was a descendant of the Byzantine Emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus through his grandmother, who was of the line of Theodore I of Montferrat, Andronicus ' son.
Police were then sent to bring Notaras with his son and his young son-in-law, the son of the Grand Domestic Andronicus Cantacuzenus, into the Sultan's presence.
Andronicus and was
Andronikos III Palaiologos, Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus (; 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341 ) was Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341, after being rival emperor since 1321.
Andronikos II Palaiologos () ( 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332 ), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, was Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.
Andronikos I Komnenos ( or Andronicus I Comnenus, ; c. 1118 – September 12, 1185 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 1183 to 1185 ).
Mount Athos was then at the height of its fame and influence, under the reign of Andronicus III Palaeologus and under the ' first-ship ' of the Protos Symeon.
Andronicus, who had surrendered to his father, was imprisoned and blinded at Murad's insistence.
In 2010 a live cover by Titus Andronicus of " Roadrunner " was released on the fan compilation Feats of Strength.
She joined Olivier for a European tour with Titus Andronicus, but the tour was marred by Leigh's frequent outbursts against Olivier and other members of the company.
One of his earliest plays was the Roman tragedy Titus Andronicus, which he followed a few years later with Romeo and Juliet.
In 1423, Despot Andronicus, who was in charge of the city, ceded it to the Republic of Venice with the hope that it could be protected from the Ottomans who were besieging the city ( there is no evidence to support the oft-repeated story that he sold the city to them ).
The end of the Historia coincides with the massacre of the Latins in Constantinople and the chaos that followed the coup of Andronicus I Comnenus, and in his description of those events, William was certainly not immune to the extreme anti-Greek rhetoric that was often found in Western European sources.
At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Andronicus and Probus ( or, less frequently, year 1063 Ab urbe condita ).
* Agnes ( 1171 – after 1204 ), who was betrothed to Alexius II Comnenus ( 1180 – 1183 ) but married ( 1 ) Andronicus I Comnenus ( 1183 – 1185 ); ( 2 ) Theodore Branas ( 1204 )
The next adaptation was in 1951, when Kenneth Tynan and Peter Myers staged a thirty-five minute version entitled Andronicus as part of a Grand Guignol presentation at the Irving Theatre.
Titus Andronicus: The Musical !, written by Brian Colonna, Erik Edborg, Hannah Duggan, Erin Rollman, Evan Weissman, Matt Petraglia, and Samantha Schmitz, was staged by the Buntport Theater Company in Denver, Colorado four times between 2002 and 2007.
* Lucius Livius Andronicus, originally brought into the family of Livius Salinator in 272 BC to tutor the children, he was set free, assumed the name Lucius Livius Andronicus and after writing poetry became the founder of Roman drama ca.
At an early age he settled at Constantinople, where his reputation for learning brought him under the notice of Andronicus II Palaeologus, by whom he was appointed chartophylax ( keeper of the archives ).
When Andronicus was dethroned ( 1328 ) by his grandson Andronicus III Palaeologus, Gregoras shared his downfall and retired into private life.
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