Abdemon
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Template:Short description Abdemon (Template:Langx, gen.: Αὐδήμονος), was a king of Cyprus towards the end of the 5th century BC. He was of Phoenician origin and was born either in Tyre[1] or Kition on Cyprus.[2] Around 415 BC, Abdemon deposed the Phoenician ruler of Salamis on Cyprus.[3] Evagoras, who allegedly came from a Greek dynasty (Teucrids), had to leave the city and went into exile in Soloi. However, Evagoras returned in 411 BC with his followers and was able to depose Abdemon.[4] Some coins of Abdemon have been found.
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- ↑ Diodorus Siculus 14. 98. 1
- ↑ Theopompus, Fragmente der griechischen Historiker (FGrH), no. 115, F 103
- ↑ Isocrates, or. 9. 26
- ↑ Isocrates or. 9. 26-32; Diodorus Siculus 14. 98. 1
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References
- Abdemon. In: Neuer Pauly (English: Brill's New Pauly), vol. 1, 1996, col. 11-12.