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

3. A Rhodian to whose judicious advice in regard to the management of his elephants Antiochus I. The king of Syria was mainly indebted for the great victory over the Gauls, to which he owed the security of his throne and kingdom (Lucian, Zeuxis, 9, 10 ; Droysen, Hellenism. vol. ii. p. 232.)