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Πνυταγόραν: when Evagoras was defeated at sea in 386 B. C., his younger son Pnytagoras held Salamis while his father went to Egypt to get help. μικροῦ μὲν ἐδέησε: personal construction, see note on § 21 τοσούτου δέω. Κύπρον ἅπασαν: we have evidence of the extension of Evagoras' rule in Cyprus in the fact that he probably issued a silver coinage at Amathus in the south of Cyprus about 391 B.C. (see Brit. Mus. Cat. of Coins of Cyprus, p. 3). Φοινίκην δ᾽ ἐπόρθησε κτἑ: cp. Paneg. 161, ‘Have not Egypt and Cyprus revolted from him (the King of Persia), Phoenicia and Syria been desolated by the war, and Tyre, on which he greatly prided himself, been seized by his enemies (i.e. Evagoras and the Cyprians)? And of the cities of Cilicia the majority are held by our supporters.’
Isocrates Cyprian Orations. Edward S. Forster.
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