the friend of king Pyrrhus of Epirus , who counselled him to make peace with the Romans , he is said to have had a remarkably retentive memory, Cic.Tusc. 1, 24, 59; id.Sen. 13, 43; id.Fam. 9, 25, 1; Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 88; 14, 1, 3, § 12; Sen. Contr 1, prooem. 19. p. 65 Bip.