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It was in this way that Artybius the Persian general, together with his horse, fell. While the rest were still fighting, Stesenor the ruler of +Episkopi [32.916,34.666] (inhabited place), Limassol, Cyprus, Asia Curium, allegedly an Argive settlement, played the traitor with great company of men under him. The war-chariots of the Salaminians immediately followed their lead, and the Persians accordingly gained the upper hand over the Cyprians.
It was in this way that Artybius the Persian general, together with his horse, fell. While the rest were still fighting, Stesenor the ruler of +Episkopi [32.916,34.666] (inhabited place), Limassol, Cyprus, Asia Curium, allegedly an Argive settlement, played the traitor with great company of men under him. The war-chariots of the Salaminians immediately followed their lead, and the Persians accordingly gained the upper hand over the Cyprians.
[2] So the army was routed, and many were slain, among them
Onesilus, son of
Chersis, who had contrived the
Cyprian revolt, as well as the king of the
Solians,
Aristocyprus son of
Philocyprus, that
Philocyprus whom
Solon of
Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens, when he came to
Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus, extolled in a poem above all other tyrants.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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