Maximilian Otto Bismarck Caspari, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2… (1911)
“ ARATUS, Greek statesman, was born at Sicyon in 271 B.C., and educated at Argos after the death of his father, at the hands of Abantidas, tyrant of Sicyon. When twenty years old Aratus delivered Sicyon from its tyrant by a bold coup de main. ”
