ANDRONICUS I. emperor of the East, caused Alexius II. who had been put under his care, to be strangled; and then took possession of the throne of Constantinople in 1183; but the people, becoming exasperated at his cruelties, proclaimed Isaac Angelus emperor, and put Andronicus in irons: they then thrust out his eyes; and, having led him through the city in an ignominious manner, hanged him.
Andronicus of Cyrrhus, built at Athens an octagon tower, with figures carved on each side, representing the eight principal winds. A brass triton at the summit, with a rod in its hand, turned round by the wind, pointed to the quarter from whence it blew. From this model is derived the custom of placing weather-cocks on steeples.