 Lydiadas, indeed, proved to be a formidable rival; he quickly rose to such esteem in the league as to be deemed second only to Aratus, and notwithstanding the opposition of the latter, was elected strategos a second and third time, holding that important office alternately with Aratus.The most bitter enmity had by this time arisen between the two men.Each strove to undermine the other in the popular estimation.