Évagoras

Évagoras (or Euagoras ) was the king of Salamine of Cyprus (410 - 374 av. J. - C.), Hellenic and flourishing commercial city of the east coast. Wire of Nikokleos, preceding king of Salamine, it claimed divine descendant of Teucros, half-brother of Ajax wire of Télamon, his family reigning for a long time on Salamine, although during his Salamine childhood fell under the domination phenician (the latter dividing Cyprus with Hellènes) what caused its exile.

While in Cilicie, it collected the support of 50 partisans, it was turned over from there secretly into 410, to find its throne. Awaiting an answer of the Persian emperor to discharge right to keep its throne, it tested the friendship of the Athéniens, it has besides collected Conon after its defeat with Aigos Potamos. For a certain time, it also maintained friendly relations with Persia, which guaranteed the assistance of Artaxerxès II towards Athens and against Sparte. It took part in the battle of Cnidus of 394 av. J. - C, in which the fleet Spartan was demolished, and for this service rendered, it have the honor to see the Athenians setting up his statue beside that of Conon in the Ceramikeion. But the energy and the company of Évagoras caused soon the jealousy of the Large King, and their relations became tended. In 391, they were practically in war. Solicited and helped by the Athenians and the Pharaon Hakor (Achoris), Évagoras extended its capacity beyond Cyprus: It took several cities in Phénicie, and persuaded Ciliciens to revolt.

According to Isocrate, Athenian speaker, Évagoras was a model king, having for goals to support the happiness of its subjects and the capacity of its state and that by the culture and the Hellenic civilization improvement.

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