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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Ancient Macedonians in Athens, Hellenistic era philosophers in Athens, New Comic poets, Wars involving Hellenistic Athens, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, Crates of Thebes, Timaeus, Menander, Diphilus, Cretan War, Aristo of Chios, Strato of Lampsacus, Carneades, Heauton Timorumenos, Phylarchus, Demetrius of Phalerum, Antiochus of Ascalon, Lamian War, Bion of Borysthenes, Metrocles, Phanias of Eresus, Diogenes of Babylon, Poseidippus of Cassandreia, Dyskolos, Polemon, Stoa of Attalos, Protogenes, Clitomachus, Pseudolus, Nicanor, Chremonidean War, Aristion, Dinarchus, Euphorion of Chalcis, Polemon of Athens, Lacydes of Cyrene, Aristo of Ceos, Crates of Athens, Mnesarchus of Athens, Phaedrus the Epicurean, Philemon, Amynomachus, Evander, Polystratus the Epicurean, Sositheus, Craterus, Aristocreon, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Dardanus of Athens, Alexander of Athens, Charmadas, Aeschines of Neapolis, Metrodorus of Athens, Apollodorus of Carystus, Machon, Basilides the Epicurean, Nicanor the Elephant, Paroikoi, Heraclides, Boukris, Menyllus, Dionysius of Lamptrai, Epinicus. Excerpt: The Cretan War (205-200 BC) was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, several Cretan cities (of which Olous and Hierapytna were the most important) and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens and Knossos. The Macedonians had just concluded the First Macedonian War and Philip, seeing his chance to defeat Rhodes, formed an alliance with Aetolian and Spartan pirates who began raiding Rhodian ships. Philip also formed an alliance with several important Cretan cities, such as Hierapynta and Olous. With the Rhodian fleet and economy suffering from the depredations of the pirates, Philip believed his chance to crush Rhodes was at hand. To help achieve his goal, he formed an all...
