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dispatched a slave to Tyre with poison for the prince, only to learn 

 from his messenger that Apollonius had fled. While he was thus 

 sought for, Apollonius had arrived at Tarsus in Cilicia, where a 

 citizen, Stranguillio, informed him of the famine that prevailed in 

 the city. With his wheat he relieved the distress of the people, 

 and out of gratitude they erected a bronze statue of him in the mar- 

 ket-place. After a little while the vessel again put to sea, and, in 

 a great tempest, was wrecked, and Apollonius alone, of all the 

 ship's company, was cast ashore at Cyrene. An old fisherman who 

 discovered him pitied his misfortune, clothed him with part of his 

 own garments, and directed him to the city (Pentapolis of Cyrene). 

 Upon his arrival there he found the youth of the land engaged in 

 ball-play {i-)(T7.upo'^y before Archistrates, the king. Apollonius took 

 part in the game and won the king's approval and the prize of com- 

 petition by his skill and strength. He was commanded to sit by 

 the king at supper, and the king's daughter begged him to relate 

 his adventures. Apollonius, having gone outside, put on a robe of 

 state {stattis) and a crown^ and taking a lyre went into the triclinium. 

 Delighted with his playing, the princess besought the king that 

 she might learn from the stranger, who, by permission of the 

 king, became her teacher. One day the king was encountered 

 in his walk by three young men (prince's sons) who declared 

 their love for his daughter. Archistrates required each of them 

 to write a letter setting forth his name, his parentage and his 

 wealth, and sent the letters by the hand of Apollonius to the 

 princess, who confessed the great love that had grown in her 

 for Apollonius. With the royal consent they were married. 

 After a time a vessel from Tyre put into port bringing the news 

 that Antiochus and his daughter had been killed by a lightning 

 stroke, and that Apollonius was heir to the city of Antioch, with ail 

 its riches, and the whole kingdom. With his consort he im- 

 mediately set sail, with the best wishes of Archistrates for a pros- 

 perous journey. Hardly were they two days old at sea when a 

 tempest arose, during which the princess was delivered of a daughter. 

 The mother directly after appeared as one dead, whereupon the 

 captain of the vessel came to Apollonius saying that the sailors 

 would not permit the body to remain in the ship. A chest was 



^ See Marquardt, Rdniisches Altertum, v, ii, 425. 



2 This robe, or long flowing gown — statum lyj-iciim — appears to indicate the 

 costume of the Citharists. 



