Antander (Greek: Ἄντανδρος - or Andro as he is called by the historian Orosius)[1] was a man of Syracuse, Magna Graecia, of the 3rd and 4th centuries BCE.
He was the older brother of Agathocles, king of Syracuse,[2] and was a commander -- or strategos -- of the troops sent by the Syracusans to the relief of Crotona when it was besieged by the Bruttii tribe in 317.
[6] Some ancient sources report that Antander wished to surrender to Hamilcar after receiving news that Agathocles's fleet had been burned and that Erymnon persuaded him not to.
[7] Even more horrifying to the ancient mind, Antander's forces piled these bodies on the beach for the waves to take, denying them burial rites.
[9] Antander was also the author of a historical work - an apologetic biography of his brother Agathocles - which is quoted by the ancient historian Diodorus Siculus.