Antigonos Gonatas, King of Athens

In the summer of the year 268 B.C., encouraged by King Ptolemy II, the Athenians made an alliance with the Spartans against King Antigonos Gonatas. This alliance is recorded in the inscription published asIGII² 686 + 687. Of course, Antigonos and the Macedonians are not mentioned in the text; the ai...

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Published inThe Macedonians in Athens, 322-229 B.C p. 56
Main Author Stephen V. Tracy
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxbow Books 29.11.2016
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Summary:In the summer of the year 268 B.C., encouraged by King Ptolemy II, the Athenians made an alliance with the Spartans against King Antigonos Gonatas. This alliance is recorded in the inscription published asIGII² 686 + 687. Of course, Antigonos and the Macedonians are not mentioned in the text; the aim of the alliance, more implied than explicitly stated, is the liberation of Greece.¹ This action precipitated the conflict known as the Chremonidean War.² Antigonos’ forces quickly moved to besiege Athens and, although King Ptolemy dispatched his general Patroklos with an army to aid his Athenian allies,³ the
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