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Polybius, Histories, book 4, War In Crete (search)
War In Crete At the same time the Cnossians sent an embassy to War between Rhodes and Crete. the Rhodians, and persuaded them to send them the ships that were under the command of Polemocles, and to launch three undecked vessels besides and send them also to Crete. The Rhodians having complied, and the vessels having arrived at Crete, the people of Eleutherna suspecting that one of their citizens named Timarchus had been put to death by Polemocles to please the Cnossians, first proclaimed a right of reprisal against the Rhodians, and then went to open war with them. The people of Lyttos,Or Lyctos (Steph. Byz.) too, a short time before this, metThe destruction of Lyttos. with an irretrievable disaster. At that time the political state of Crete as a whole was this. The Cnossians, in league with the people of Gortyn, had a short time previously reduced the whole island under their power, with the exception of the city of Lyttos; and this being the only city which refused obedience, they