(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
(in an ancient Roman house) a passage between two peristyles.
< Greek, equivalent to andr- andr- + -ōn noun suffix
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—What! we could stand against huge Persia?—then we are not unworthy of the men that fought at Ilion, our fathers; the race and spirit of anax andron Agamemnon is not dead!
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
Anax andron Agamemnon—what Greek could hear a man so spoken of, and dream he compounded of common clay?
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
And hardly can anyone open his lips, but it must be brought in with some variation of that sea-riding billow, or roll of drums: Ton d'emeibet epeita anax andron Agamemnon.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
Over and over again we have anax andron Agamemnon; or "swift-footed Achilles."
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
He will have a few silver cups elegantly chased, and at least one diner's couch in the andron will be made of rare imported wood, and be inlaid with gilt or silver.
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by Davis, William Stearns
Andron said viewers are being rewarded for their trust in Idris, who was an unknown English actor when first cast in “Snowfall,” even initially causing a kerfuffle that he wasn’t American.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
“Aunt Katherine was probably one of the kindest people I’ve ever met,” Andron told CBS Philly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2019
In bringing us to this time and place, Singleton and his co-creators Eric Amadio and Dave Andron are piecing together an origin story for American inner cities in general.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2017
Ms Andron, 27, travels to Ecuador twice a year to oversee the production of the tagua that is done by seven local women at a cooperative.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2017
Demophon, Alexander's table waiter, who shivered in the sun, and Andron the Argive, who was so free from thirst that he travelled through the desert of Libya without seeking a drink.
From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Patrick, Mary Mills
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