What is his father? Is he living? PHILOCRATES When we departed thence, we left him alive; whether he’s living now or not, Orcus, forsooth, must know that. TYNDARUS (aside.) The matter’s all right; he’s not only lying, but he’s even philosophizing now. HEGIO What’s his name? PHILOCRATES Thesaurochrysonicocrœsides Thesaurochrysonicocrœsides : This is a name made up of several Greek words, and seems to mean a son of Crœsus, abounding in treasures of gold, in allusion to Crœsus, the wealthy king of Lydia. The author indulges m similar pleasantry in the Miles Gloriosus. . HEGIO That name has been given, I suppose, by reason of his wealth, as it were.