According to Pliny,[1] he advised Alexander to moderate his drinking: Androcydes, a man famous for his wisdom, wrote to Alexander the Great, with the view of putting a check on his intemperance: 'When you are about to take a drink of wine, O king!'
'[2] And if Alexander had only followed this advice, he certainly would not have had to answer for slaying his friends in his drunken fits.
[3]Elsewhere, Androcydes is supposed to have recommended cabbage to counteract the effects of wine.
Androcydes, if the same authority is meant, may not have confined himself to writing on medical topics.
He is cited by Athenaeus[7] for an etymology of the Greek word kolax, "flatterer," which is taken by one prosopographer as evidence of his association with Alexander's court.