...should be called madness rather than ill-luck. But it was such a combination that overthrew Critolaus and the Achaeans. The Achaeans were also encouraged by Pytheas, who at that time was Boeotarch at Thebes , and the Thebans promised to give enthusiastic support in the war. The Thebans had been sentenced, at the first ruling given by Metellus, to pay a fine for invading the territory of Phocis with an a...