[5] It is known that Antigonus II Gonatas invited Zeno to his court at Pella[6] around 276 BC.
[7] While Persaeus was at Antigonus' court, Antigonus once, wishing to make trial of him, caused some false news to be brought to him that his estate had been ravaged by the enemy, and as his countenance fell, "Do you see," said he, "that wealth is not a matter of indifference?
After Antigonus captured Corinth around 244 BC, he put Persaeus in control of the city as Archon.
Persaeus died in 243 BC defending the city against the attack led by Aratus of Sicyon.
Diogenes Laërtius lists the following works as being written by Persaeus:[4] Concerning Persaeus's philosophical views, Cicero mentions that: Persaeus says that it was men who had discovered some great aid to civilisation that were regarded as gods, and that the names of divinities were also bestowed upon actual material objects of use and profit, so that he is not even content to describe these as the creations of God, but makes out that they are themselves divine.