andron

• Among the Greeks, the part of the house in which the men resided, the men's apartment; also called andronitis (opp. gynaeceum, q. v.): locus domicilii, in quo viri morabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.; cf. Vitr. 6, 10.—
• II Among the Romans, a passage between two walls or courts of a house, Vitr. 6, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 17.

ANDRON(ἀνδρών), a word which may be applied to any room in the ἀνδρωνῖτις, or men's quarters, in the Greek house, but is often used specially to denote the dining-room, where the Symposia took place (Xen. Symp. 1.1. 3; Suid. s. v.). [DOMUS(Greek).]

(ἀνδρών). See domus (Greek).

A Greek word used to refer either to the mens apartment, especially dining room, in a large house or to a specially constructed building or room which was used (by men) as a banqueting hall at religious or civic festivals. These rooms or buildings are often identifiable as such by the off-center placement of the doorway, which allowed for a maximum number of dining couches (Greek: kline) to be arranged end-to-end around the perimeter of the room. Frequently the center of the room is decorated with mosaic or other special floor treatment, and a border around the edge of the room is raised slightly for couches.