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Antigonus Doson at the Isthmus
Meanwhile, on the strength of the dismay caused by
The Achaeans offer to surrender the Acrocorinthus to Antigonus.
his successes, Cleomenes was making an unopposed progress through the cities, winning
some by persuasion and others by threats. In
this way he got possession of Caphyae, Pellene,
Pheneus, Argos, Phlius, Cleonae, Epidaurus, Hermione,
Troezen, and last of all Corinth, while he personally commanded
a siege of Sicyon. But this in reality relieved the Achaeans
from a very grave difficulty. For the Corinthians by ordering
Aratus, as Strategus of the league, and the Achaeans to
evacuate the town, and by sending messages to Cleomenes
inviting his presence, gave the Achaeans a ground of action
and a reasonable pretext for moving. Aratus was quick to
take advantage of this; and, as the Achaeans were in actual
possession of the Acrocorinthus, he made his peace with the
royal family of Macedonia by offering it to Antigonus; and
at the same time gave t
Philip V. In the Peloponnese
To return from this digression. When the Aetolians
Philip V. comes to Corinth. B. C. 220.
had reached their homes in safety after this raid upon the
Peloponnese, Philip, coming to the aid of
the Achaeans with an army, arrived at Corinth.
Finding that he was too late, he sent despatches
to all the allieCorinth.
Finding that he was too late, he sent despatches
to all the allies urging them to send deputies at once to
Corinth, to consult on the measures required for the
common safety. Meanwhile he himself marched towards
Tegea, being informed that the Lacedaemonians were in a
state of revolution, and were fallen to mutual
slaughter. Advances toward Sparta. For being accustomed to have a
king over them, aCorinth, to consult on the measures required for the
common safety. Meanwhile he himself marched towards
Tegea, being informed that the Lacedaemonians were in a
state of revolution, and were fallen to mutual
slaughter. Advances toward Sparta. For being accustomed to have a
king over them, and to be entirely submissive
to their rulers, their sudden enfranchisement by means of
Antigonus, and the absence of a king, produced a state
of civil war; because they all imagined themselves to be
on a footing of complete political equality. At first two of
the five Ephors kept their views to themselves; while the other
three thr