Arganthonius

• a Tartessian king who lived to a great age, Cic. Sen. 19, 69; Val. Max. 8, 13, ext. 4 (cf. Herod. 1, 163); Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154; Censor. 17.
• —Hence, Arganthōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Arganthonius, Sil. 3, 396.

(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. (Hdt. 1.163; Strab. iii. p.151; Lucian, Macrob. 10; Cic. de Senect. 19; Plin. Nat. 7.48; V. Max. 8.13, ext. 4.)

ARGANTHO´NIUS (Ἀργανθώνιος, Ἀργανθών, Steph. s. v. Ἀργανθών: Adj. Ἀργανθώνειος), a mountain range in Bithynia, which forms a peninsula, and divides the gulfs of Cius and Astacus. The range terminates in a headland which Ptolemy calls Posidium: the modern name is Katirli, according to some authorities, and Bozburun according to others. The name is connected with the mythus of Hylas and the Argonautic expedition. (Strab. p. 564; Apollon. 1.1176.)

• his friendship with the Phocaeans (at the mouth of the Guadalquivir): Hdt. 1.163, Hdt. 1.165