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Evagoras II or Euagoras II () was a king of the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

city-state of Salamis in

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

, and later

satrap A satrap () was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median kingdom, Median and Achaemenid Empire, Persian (Achaemenid) Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic period, Hellenistic empi ...

for

Achaemenid Persia The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (; , , ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the larges ...

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. He was possibly a son of his predecessor, Nicocles, and a grandson of

Evagoras I Evagoras or Euagoras () was the king of Salamis (411–374 BC) in Cyprus, known especially from the work of Isocrates, who presents him as a model ruler. History He claimed descent from Teucer, the son of Telamon and half-brother of Ajax, and ...

. He followed a pro-Persian course, for which he was deposed ca. 351 BC by a popular revolt led by his nephew

Pnytagoras Pnytagoras () was a king of the Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek city-state of Salamis, Cyprus, Salamis in Cyprus. He was the nephew and successor of Evagoras II, who was overthrown in 351 BC and exiled due to his pro-Achaemenid stance. He supported ...

, who succeeded him as king. Evagoras fled to the Persian court, where Artaxerxes III gave him the government of the

n city of

Sidon Sidon ( ) or better known as Saida ( ; ) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, Lebanon, South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre, t ...

, 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.

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340s BC deaths 4th-century BC Greek monarchs Ancient Greek monarchs People from Salamis Kings of Salamis, Cyprus Satraps of the Achaemenid Empire Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Executed monarchs Kings of Sidon {{AncientGreece-royal-stub