(), a Rhodian, was one of those who, when
hostilities broke out between Perseus and the Romans, in B. C. 171,
strove successfully to retain their countrymen in their alliance with Rome, and continued
throughout the war to adhere firmly to the Roman cause. In B. C.
167, when the anger of the senate against the Rhodians had been with difficulty
appeased by Astymedes and his fellow-ambassadors [comp. PHILOPHRON
and POLYARATUS], Rhodophon and Theaetetus were appointed to convey
to Rome the present of a golden crown. (Polyb. xxvii 6, 28.2, 30.5; comp. Liv. 45.20, &c.)