Achaeus the Younger is gone! How? Well, it involves an attempted meddling by Egypt, a flagrant betrayal by a Cretan mercenary, and a stealthy spy mission in the night with a king disguised as a lowly warrior. What more could you ask for?

Sources for this episode:

• Bevan, E. R. (1966), The House of Seleucus (Vol. II). New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc.
• Greene, R. (2000), The 48 Laws of Power. London: Profile Books Ltd.
• Polybius (1979), Polybius the Histories, in Six Volumes (Volume III). Translated by W. R. Paton. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann, Ltd.