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Evagoras II

Evagoras II

4th-century BC King of Salamis and Persian Satrap

Evagoras II or Euagoras II (Greek: Εὐαγόρας) was a king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Salamis in Cyprus, and later satrap for Achaemenid Persia in Phoenicia.

Silver tetradrachm of Evagoras II (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)

He was possibly a son of his predecessor, Nicocles, and a grandson of Evagoras I. He followed a pro-Persian course, for which he was deposed ca. 351 BC by a popular revolt led by his nephew Pnytagoras, who succeeded him as king.

Evagoras fled to the Persian court, where Artaxerxes III gave him the government of the Phoenician city of Sidon, following the defeat of the rebellion of Tennes. His administration of Sidon was so bad that after three years, in 346 BC, he was chased out of the city by the populace, who called upon a descendant of the ancient royal line, Abdashtart II, to replace him. Evagoras fled back to Cyprus, where he was arrested and executed.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Geōrgiadēs, Kleanthēs P. (1999). History of Cyprus. Nicosia: Dorographics. p. 79. ISBN 978-9-96356-855-0.
Preceded by King of Salamis
361–351 BC		 Succeeded by
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