bianor

Updated: May 4, 2025

This gave great offence to those who had not been present; and, in this ferment of the nation, Androcles and Echedemus, two men of distinction among the Acarnanians, being commissioned by Philip, had influence enough in the assembly, not only to obtain the repeal of the decree for an alliance with Rome, but also the condemnation, on a charge of treason, of Archesilaus and Bianor, both men of the first rank in Acarnania, who had been the advisers of that measure; and to deprive Zeuxidas, the praetor, of his office, for having put it to the vote.

Livy - The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36

Onward went the two shepherds, and suddenly, they perceived that their journey was half over, "because the tomb of Bianor was immediately below them . . ." Oh! how vividly I saw that tomb of Bianor disclose itself to their view.

Pierre Loti - The Story of a Child