Antigonus II Gonatas
He lived in the same house as Zeno. Later writers wrote that Persaeus had been Zeno's slave, who had perhaps originally been an amanuensis sent to Zeno by King Antigonus II Gonatas; however, the source of this story seems to be due to a sarcastic remark made about Persaeus by Bion of Borysthenes who upon seeing a statue of Persaeus inscribed: ""Persaeus the pupil of Zeno"," sneered that it ought to have been: ""Persaeus the Servant of Zeno"."