Editing Milos (section)

===The Hellenistic period===
In 338 BC, [[Philip II of Macedon]] defeated the Greeks at the [[Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)|Battle of Chaeroneia]] and became the [[overlord]] of Greece and the [[Cyclades]]. During this time, Melos and the nearby island [[Kimolos]] disputed each other over the ownership of the islands of [[Polyaigos]], Heterea, and Libea (the last two are probably today's uninhabited islands of [[Kimolos|Agios Efstathios and Agios Georgios]]). In the past, this dispute would have been settled by war, but the two communities took their dispute to [[Ancient Argos|Argos]] on the Greek mainland. The [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argives]] decided the islands belonged to [[Kimolos]].<ref>Brain Sparkes, in {{harvp|Renfrew|Wagstaff|1982}}, p 50</ref>