Abstract

Abstract Located in the northern Cyclades, between Euboea and Tenos, the island was named after Andros, its first king according to tradition. He received the island as a gift from Rhadamanthys, the king of Crete; the Andrians dedicated a statue of him at Delphi (Diod. Sic. 5.79; Paus. 10.13.3–4). Settled by Ionians ca. 1000–900 bce , it had connections with the Thessalo‐Euboean region in the Geometric period. During the seventh century bce , the Andrians founded the colonies of Acanthos (Thuc. 4.84–5; Strabo 7.330.31; 8.31), Sane (Hdt. 8.22–4; Thuc. 4.109.3), Stagiros (Thuc. 5.6.1), and Argilos (Thuc. 4.103.3) on the peninsula of Chalcidice.

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