in general, he fell in no respect short of the qualities which belong to kings, but
 choosing from each kind of government the best characteristic, he was democratic in his
 service to the people, statesmanlike in the administration of the city as a whole, an able
 general in his good counsel in the face of dangers, and princely in his superiority in all
 these qualities. That these attributes were inherent in Evagoras, and even more than
 these, it is easy to learn from his deeds themselves. In §§
 43-46 the strong influence of Gorgias is obvious in the long series of artificial
 antitheses and in the varied assonance. 
 After he had taken over the government of the city, which had been reduced to a state of
 barbarism and, because it was ruled by Phoenicians, was neither hospitable to the Greeks
 nor acquainted with the arts, nor possessed of a trading-port or harbor, Evagoras remedied
 all these defects and, besides, acquired much additional territory, surrounded it all with
 new walls and built triremes, and with other construction so increased the city that it
 was inferior to none of the cities of Greece . And
 he caused it to become so powerful that many who formerly despised it, now feared it. See Isoc. 4.141 for the fleet and
 army of Evagoras. 
 And yet it is not possible that cities should take on such increase unless there are
 those who govern them by such principles as Evagoras had and as I endeavored to describe a
 little before. In consequence I am not afraid of appearing to exaggerate in speaking of
 the qualities of the man, but rather lest I greatly fall short of doing justice to his
 deeds. For who could do justice to a man of such natural gifts, a man who not only increased the
 importance of his own city, but advanced the whole region surrounding the island to a
 regime of mildness and moderation? Before Evagoras gained the throne the inhabitants were
 so hostile to strangers and fierce that they considered the best rulers to be those who
 treated the Greeks in the most cruel fashion. At present, however, they have undergone so great a change that they strive with one
 another to see who shall be regarded as most friendly to the Greeks, and the majority of
 them take their wives from us and from them beget children, and they have greater pleasure
 in owning Greek possessions and observing Greek institutions than in their own, and more
 of those who occupy themselves with the liberal arts and with education in general now
 dwell in these regions than in the communities in which they formerly used to live. And
 for all these changes, no one could deny that Evagoras is responsible.