an architect and mechanician in the time of Hadrian, who employed him to move the colossus of Nero, which stood in front of the golden house. The work was effected by the aid of twenty-four elephants. (Spartian, Had. 19, where different critics read Decrianus, Detrianus, Dentrianus, Dextrianus, and Demetrianus.)
[P.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890