Phalaris I by Lucian of Samosata 120-180AD
Channel: Craig Campbell
Date: 01/04/2016

Lucian of Samosata wrote a story about a ruler who went to the people to try to get them to understand that he wasn't such a tyrant as they thought. Phalaris sent his emissary to Delphi with a Brazen Bull serving as the object of his message. 

You can read Lucian's writing's here
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1997