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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) | 7 | 7 | Browse | Search |
Xenophon, Hellenica (ed. Carleton L. Brownson) | 6 | 6 | Browse | Search |
Diodorus Siculus, Library | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Xenophon, Minor Works (ed. E. C. Marchant, G. W. Bowersock, tr. Constitution of the Athenians.) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
T. Maccius Plautus, Aulularia, or The Concealed Treasure (ed. Henry Thomas Riley) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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In Cyprus Evagoras of Salamis, who was of most noble birth, since he was
descended from the founders of the city,Evagoras traced
his ancestry to Teucer, the founder of Salamis (Paus. 1.3.2;
Paus. 8.15.7). In addition to the further facts of Evagoras'
career given by Diodorus (chap. 110.5; Book 15.2-4, 8-9, 47), this distinguished king and
faithful friend of Athens is well known from the panegyric bearing his name composed by
Isocrates about 365 B.C. but had previously been banished
because of some factional quarrels and had later returned in company with a small group, drove
out Abdemon of Tyre, who was lord of the city and a friend of the King of the Persians. When he
took control of the city, Evagoras was at first king only of Salamis, the largest and strongest
of the cities of Cyprus; but when he soon acquired great resources and mobilized an army, he
set out to make the whole island his own. Some of the cities
he su