Chremonides

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Chremonides, son of Eteokles, of Aithalidai, was an Athenian 3rd century BC statesman and general. He issued the Decree of Chremonides in 268 BCE, creating an alliance between Sparta, Athens, and Ptolemy II. The alliance was in defense to Antigonus of Macedon and lead to the Chremonidean War.

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