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δεινὸς δὲ πρὸς τὸ πλεονεκτῆσαι: lit. ‘being terrible at seizing more than his share’, so ‘being exceedingly grasping’. For πλεονεκτῆσαι see note on § 11. ἀπιστῶν τοῖς πεπραγμένοις, ‘feeling doubtful about the result of his actions.’ ἐξεβαρβάρωσε: i. e. he ‘barbarized’ Cyprus by discouraging Greek influence and culture. To a Greek any one who was not a Greek was a barbarian, βάρβαρος being an onomatopoeic word signifying one who speaks an unintelligible language. The barbarization of Cyprus is more fully described in § 47. For the probable date and duration of this period of Phoenician influence in Cyprus see Introd. p. 18 f. βασιλεῖ τῷ μεγάλῳ: βασιλεὺς ὁ μέγας, and often βασιλεύς without the article (as in § 55, 57, 62, 68), always refers to the King of Persia as the foreign king with whom the Greeks had most concern.
Isocrates Cyprian Orations. Edward S. Forster.
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