4. Another philosopher of the same name, and of a similar character, is mentioned by Athenaeus as the tutor and courtier of king Attalus, respecting whose education he wrote books full of all kinds of flattery. He was the disciple of Theodorus, according to Callimachus, or of Theophrastus, according to Hermippus. (Ath. vi. p. 252.)
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