King of Indians; [it was he] who became most handsome of Indians and attained a height unequalled by any man who lived later than those who went to Troy. He was quite young when he met Alexander and fought a war against him. Apollonius questioned this man about his way of life. "Of wine", he replied "I drink as much as I pour in libations to the sun; and whatever [sc. animals] I take in the hunt are eaten by others, since for me the exercise is enough. My foodstuffs are vegetables and the hearts of date-palms and the fruit of date-palms and whatever crops the river irrigates; and masses of fruit grow on the trees which these hands of mine tend." On hearing this Apollonius was exceptionally pleased and kept glancing at Damis.