16. Sidonius (1. v. Epist. 5, in tom. i. p. 794) who styles
him the Solon, the Amphion, of the barbarians, addresses
this imaginary king in the tone of friendship and equality.
From such offices of arbitration, the crafty Deioces had
raised himself to the throne of the Medes (Herodot. 1. i. c.
96-100).