 Plato says in the dialogue "Charmides" (lines 156 D – 157 B) that Zalmoxis was also a great physician who took a holistic approach to healing body and soul (psyche), being thus used by Plato for his own philosophical conceptions.Strabo in his "Geography" mentions a certain Deceneus (Dékainéos) whom he calls a γόητα "magician".According to Strabo, king Burebista (82–44 BC) hired Deceneus, who had been in Egypt, to "tame" his people.