=Ancon= and =Ancōna=, a town of Picenum, built by the Sicilians, with a harbour in the form of a crescent or elbow (ἀγχων), on the shores of the Adriatic. Near this place is the famous chapel of Loretto, supposed by monkish historians to have been brought through the air by angels, August 10, A. D. 1291, from Judæa, where it was a cottage, inhabited by the virgin Mary. The reputed sanctity of the place has often brought 100,000 pilgrims in one day to Loretto. _Pliny_, bk. 3, ch. 13.――_Lucan_, bk. 2, li. 402.――_Silius Italicus_, bk. 8, li. 437. =Ancus Martius=, the fourth king of Rome, was grandson to Numa by his daughter. He waged a successful war against the Latins, Veientes, Fidenates, Volsci, and Sabines, and joined mount Janiculum to the city by a bridge, and inclosed mount Martius and the Aventine within the walls of the city. He extended the confines of the Roman territories to the sea, where he built the town of Ostia, at the mouth of the Tiber. He inherited the valour of Romulus with the moderation of Numa. He died B.C. 616, after a reign of 24 years, and was succeeded by Tarquin the elder. _Dionysius of Halicarnassus_, bk. 3, ch. 9.――_Livy_, bk. 1, ch. 32, &c.――_Florus_, bk. 1, ch. 4. ――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 6, li. 815. =Ancȳræ=, a town of Sicily.――――A town of Phrygia. _Pausanias_, bk. 1. =Anda=, a city of Africa. _Polybius._ =Andabătæ=, certain gladiators who fought blindfolded, whence the proverb, _Andabatarum more_, to denote rash and inconsiderate measures. _Cicero_, bk. 6, _Letters to his Friends_, ltr. 10. =Andania=, a city of Arcadia, where Aristomenes was educated. _Pausanias_, bk. 4, ch. 1, &c. It received its name from a gulf of the same name. _Pausanias_, bk. 4, ch. 33. =Andegavia=, a country of Gaul, near the Turones and the ocean. _Tacitus_, _Annals_, bk. 3, ch. 41. =Andēra=, a town of Phrygia. =Andes=, a nation among the Celtæ, whose chief town is now _Anjou_. _Cæsar_, _Gallic War_, bk. 2, ch. 35.――――A village of Italy, near Mantua, where Virgil was born, hence _Andinus_. _Silius Italicus_, bk. 8, li. 595. =Andocĭdes=, an Athenian orator, son of Leogoras. He lived in the age of Socrates the philosopher, and was intimate with the most illustrious men of his age. He was often banished, but his dexterity always restored him to favour. _Plutarch_ has written his life in _Lives of the Ten Orators_. Four of his orations are extant. =Andomătis=, a river in India, falling into the Ganges. _Arrian._ =Andræmon=, the father of Thoas. _Hyginus_, fable 97.――――The son-in-law and successor of Œneus. _Apollodorus_, bk. 1. =Andragrathius=, a tyrant defeated by Gratian, A.D. 383, &c. =Andragrăthus=, a man bribed by Lysimachus to betray his country, &c. _Polyænus_, bk. 4, ch. 12. =Andragŏras=, a man who died a sudden death. _Martial_, bk. 6, ltr. 53. =Andramy̆les=, a king of Lydia, who castrated women, and made use of them as eunuchs. _Athenæus._