ABSTRACT
The coalition of Athens, Sparta and Ptolemy against Antigonos resulted in the protracted Chremonidean War (267/6 to 261 B.C.). 7 Some of the Cretan cities allied themselves with King Areus and the Spartans.8 It may be that the anti-Macedonian cities included Gortyna, Itanos, Olous, Aptera, Rhithymna, Polyrhenia, Phalasarna and Lyttos; and the pro-Macedonian Knossos, K ydonia and Praisos.9
