The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Polybius

[43] Ib. ch. 25.

[44] Homer, Il. 5, 890.

[45] Homer, Il. 9, 63.

[46] Euripides, fr.

[47] Battle of the Crimesus. See Plutarch, Timol. ch. 27.

[48] He refers to the habit of Eastern nations thrusting their hands into long sleeves in the presence of their rulers. See Xenophon, Hellen. 2, 1, 8.

[49] Homer, Odyss. 1, 1-4; 8, 183.

[50] Republic, v. 473 C. vi. 499 B.

[51] The Rhodians had proclaimed war against the Cretan pirates. Philip had secretly commissioned one of his agents, the Aetolian Dicaearchus, to aid the Cretans. Diodor. fr. xxviii.

[52] Heracleides having gained credence at Rhodes by pretending to betray Philip’s intrigue with the Cretans, waited for an opportunity, and, setting fire to their arsenal, escaped in a boat. Polyaen. 5, 17, 2.