He was a Phigalian by birth and a son of Artylas, who had been adopted by Tritaeus, an influential citizen of Megalopolis.
He was one of those tyrants who were set up at that time in various parts of Greece by the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas.
During his tyranny the territory of Megalopolis was invaded by the Spartans under Acrotatus.
The army of Megalopolis had the better of the encounter and Acrotatus was killed, which allows to date the battle to c. 262 BC.
[2] His sepulchral mound in the neighborhood of Megalopolis was seen by Pausanias in the 2nd century AD.