Adrantus

Adrantus

Adrantus

2nd or 3rd-century Greek writer

Not to be confused with Adrastus.

Adrantus (Ancient Greek: 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 Περὶ Ἠθῶν, to which he added a sixth book upon the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle.[1]

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

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