Little by little, Bithynia, Galatia, and Thrace
came pouring in, for everyone who carried the news
very likely said that he not only had seen the god
born but had subsequently touched him, after he
had grown very great in a short time and had a
face that looked like a man’s. Next came paintings
and statues and cult-images, some made of bronze,
some of silver, and naturally a name was bestowed

 

upon the god. He was called Glycon in consequence of a divine behest in metre; for Alexander
proclaimed:

 Glycon am I, the grandson of Zeus, bright beacon
to mortals!