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MARGARET C. MILLER

University of Sydney

The second largest Cycladic ISLAND, Andros lies south of EUBOEA (BA 57 C4 and 60 A4). Her significant prehistoric remains find no trace in Herodotus, for whom “Andros” was probably the settlement at Palaeopolis on the mid‐west coast. Vestigial remains include HARBOR installations and the late classical fortification WALLS linking the harbor to its steep ACROPOLIS.

Of Andros in the ARCHAIC AGE little is known. Two tenth‐century BCE settlements founded on headlands, Zagora and Hypsele, were abandoned c. 700 and c. 480, respectively. Despite Herodotus’ account of the Andrians’ claim of poverty (8.111), local wealth is attested by some archaic‐period SCULPTURES and monumental architectural remains as well as the report of an Olympic pentathlete victor (9.33; Paus. 6.14.13). Archaic Andros minted SILVER coins on the Aeginetan standard.

Andros was under the control of NAXOS in 500 (Hdt. 5.31.2) and contributed ships to XERXES’ invasion in 480 (8.66), probably as one of the island conquests of DATIS (6.99; Aesch. Pers. 887). THEMISTOCLES’ lack of success besieging Andros after the Greek victory at SALAMIS (8.121) suggests that the town was fortified, like its predecessors at Zagora and Hypsele. Perhaps an original DELIAN LEAGUE member, Andros’ phoros of twelve TALENTS in 451/0 (IG I³ 262.19) was halved to six in 450/49 (IG I³ 263.IV.22), providing the time‐frame for an Athenian CLERUCHY on the island (Plut. Per. 11.5).

SEE ALSO: Athenian Empire; Cyclades; Monumentality; Siege Warfare; Tribute; Wealth and Poverty