. igher pitch of powerand prosperity than it had previously attained.(Pol. iv. 50, v. 90, viii. 17, xxii. 27.) It was athis court that Hannibal took refuge; and whenthe Romans demanded the surrender of theCarthaginian general, the kii 4 basely gave hisconsent, and Hannibal only escaped falling intothe hands of his enemies by a voluntary death(Nep. Hann. 10; Just, xxxii. i).—2. II., kingof Bithynia, son and successor of the preced-ing, reigned from about 180 to 149. He courtedassiduously the alliance of the Romans. Hecarried on war wi
. igher pitch of powerand prosperity than it had previously attained.(Pol. iv. 50, v. 90, viii. 17, xxii. 27.) It was athis court that Hannibal took refuge; and whenthe Romans demanded the surrender of theCarthaginian general, the kii 4 basely gave hisconsent, and Hannibal only escaped falling intothe hands of his enemies by a voluntary death(Nep. Hann. 10; Just, xxxii. i).—2. II., kingof Bithynia, son and successor of the preced-ing, reigned from about 180 to 149. He courtedassiduously the alliance of the Romans. Hecarried on war with Attalus, king of Pergamus,with whom, however, he was compelled by theRomans to conclude peace in 154. He wasslain in 149 by order of his son Nicomedes, asis related in the Life of the latter. [Nico-medes H.] Prusias is described to us as aman in whom personal deformity was combinedwith a character the most vicious and passion for the chase is attested by theepithet of the Huntsman (Kwny6s). ( 1, xxix. 3, xxxvii. 2; Just, xxxiv. 4.). Coin of Iruslas L, King of Bithj-nla, ob. , head of Prusias: rcr., baiiaedi nPOYiiov; Zousstanding with sceptre. Prymnesia or Prymnesus ()aia, npu-uynais, npivuTjircrdr : Seulun, near Afium KaraHisaar), a city in the N. of Phrygia, which ap-pears, from its coins, to have been a Beat of theworship of Midas as a hero (Ptol. v. 2, 24). Prytanis (npvravts), king of Sparta, of theProclid line, was the son of Eurypon, andfourth king of that race. 764 PSAMATHE PSYCHE Psamathe (). 1. Daughter of Nereusand Doris, and mother of Phocus (Hes. Th. 260,1004; Ov. Met. xi. 381, 398).—2. [Proteus.] Psamathiis (Va/xadovs, -ovutos ? VaiiaBovv-tioj, VafxaOovaios), a seaport town in Laconianear the promontory Taenarum (Strab. p. 353). Psammenitus (^a^uTji/n-os^Psamthek III.,king of Egypt, succeeded his father, Amasis, 526, and reigned only six months. He wasconquered by Cambyses in 525, and his countrymad
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