Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Arganthonius

by William Smith

ARGANTHO'NIUS (Ἀργανθώνιος), king of Tartessus in Spain, in the sixth century b. c., received in the most friendly manner the Phocaeans who sailed to his city, and gave them money in order that they might fortify their city. He is said to have reigned 80 years. and to have lived 120. (Herod. i. 163; Strab. iii. p. 151; Lucian, Macrob. 10; Cic. de Senect. 19; Plin. H. N. vii. 48; Val. Max. viii. 13, ext. 4.)