 Neogenes, supported by Jason of Pherae, made himself tyrant of Oreus for a time; but he was expelled by Therippidas, the Lacedaemonian commander; and the Athenian Chabrias endeavoured in vain to obtain possession of the town.But shortly afterwards, before the Battle of Leuctra, Oreus revolted from Sparta.Demosthenes describes the conquest of Oreus by Philip II of Macedon in his 341 BC "Third Philippic"