Aratus

Plutarch

Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives, Vol. XI. Perrin, Bernadotte, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1926.

And in truth Aratus had attempted to travel along that path. But since Antigonus[*](Antigonus Gonatas, king of Macedonia, 283-239 B.C.) neglected his promises and prolonged the time, and since the hopes derived from Egypt and Ptolemy[*](Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt 283-247 B.C.) were a long way off, he resolved to overthrow the tyrant by his own efforts.