<head>The Cydonians Ask Help from Eumenes</head>Afraid of the Gortynians, because they had narrowly escaped losing their city in the previous year by an attack led by Nothocrates, the Cydonians sent envoys to Eumenes demanding his assistance in virtue of their alliance with him. The king selected Leon and some soldiers, and sent them in haste to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Crete&groupId=505&placeId=949">Crete</a>; and on their arrival the Cydonians delivered the keys of their city to Leon, and put the town entirely in his hands. . . .
Walbank Commentary