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EVAGORAS , son of Nicocles, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Salamis in See also:Cyprus 410—374 B.C. He claimed descent from Teucer, See also:half-See also:brother of See also:Ajax, son of Telamon, and his See also:family had See also:long been rulers of Salamis until supplanted by a Phoenician See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile. When the usurper was in turn driven out by a See also:Cyprian See also:noble, Evagoras, fearing that his See also:life was in danger, fled to See also:Cilicia. Thence he returned secretly in 410, and with the aid of a small See also:band of adherents regained See also:possession of the See also:throne. According to Isocrates, whose See also:panegyric must however be read with caution, Evagoras was a See also:model ruler, whose aim was to promote the welfare of his See also:state and of his subjects by the cultivation of See also:Greek refinement and See also:civilization, which had been almost obliterated in Salamis by a long See also:period of See also:barbarian See also:rule. He cultivated the friendship of the Athenians, and after the defeat of See also:Conon at See also:Aegospotami he afforded him See also:refuge and hospitality. For a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he also maintained friendly relations with See also:Persia, and secured the aid of See also:Artaxerxes II. for See also:Athens against See also:Sparta. He took See also:part in the See also:battle of See also:Cnidus (394), in which the Spartan See also:fleet was defeated, and for this service his statue was placed by the Athenians See also:side by side with that of Conon in the Ceramicus. But the See also:energy and enterprise of Evagoras soon roused the See also:jealousy of the See also:Great King, and relations between them became strained. From 391 they were virtually at See also:war. Aided by the Athenians and the See also:Egyptian Hakor (Acoris), Evagoras extended his rule over the greater part of Cyprus, crossed over to See also:Asia See also:Minor, took several cities in See also:Phoenicia, and persuaded the Cilicians to revolt. After the See also:peace of See also:Antalcidas (387), to which he refused to agree, the Athenians withdrew their support, since by its terms they recognized the lordship of Persia over Cyprus. For ten years Evagoras carried on hostilities single-handed, except for occasional aid from See also:Egypt. At last he was totally defeated at See also:Citium, and compelled to flee to Salamis. Here, although closely blockaded, he managed to hold his ground, and took See also:advantage of a See also:quarrel between the See also:Persian generals to conclude peace (376). Evagoras was allowed to remain nominally king of Salamis, but in reality a See also:vassal of Persia, to which he was to pay a yearly See also:tribute. The See also:chronology of the last part of his reign is uncertain. In 374 he was assassinated by a See also:eunuch from motives of private revenge.
The See also:chief authority for the life of Evagoras is the panegyric of Isocrates addressed to his son Nicocles; see also Diod. Sic. xiv. 115, xv. 2-9; See also:Xenophon, Hellenica, iv. 8; W. Judeich, Kleinasiatische Studien (See also:Marburg, 1892), and See also:art. See also:HELLENISM.
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