The most convincing proof of the character and uprightness of Evagoras is this—that many
 of the most reputable Greeks left their own fatherlands and came to Cyrus to dwell,
 because they considered Evagoras’s rule less burdensome and more equitable than that of
 their own governments at home. E.g., Andocides, the
 Athenian orator, who had an estate in Cyprus 
 (cf. Andoc. 1.4 ), and other Greeks who were forced into
 exile. To mention all the others by name would be too great a task: but who does not know about Conon, first among the Greeks for his very many glorious
 deeds, that when his own city had met with ill-fortune, The Athenian fleet under Conon was defeated by the Spartans at Aegospotami in 405 B.C. After this “ill-fortune” Conon, with eight triremes, took refuge with Evagoras, where he remained until 397 B.C. hechose out of all the world Evagoras
 and came to him, believing that for himself Evagoras would provide the most secure asylum
 and for his country the most speedy assistance. And indeed Conon, although he had been
 successful in many previous ventures, in no one of them, it is believed, had he planned
 more wisely than in this; for the result of his visit to Cyprus was that
 he both conferred and received most benefits. In the first place, no sooner had Evagoras
 and Conon met one another than they esteemed each other more highly than those who before
 had been their intimate friends. Again, they not only were in complete harmony all their
 lives regarding all other matters, but also in matters relating to our own city they held
 to the same opinion. For when they beheld Athens under the domination of the Lacedaemonians and the victim of
 a great reversal of fortune, they were filled with grief and indignation, both acting
 fittingly: for Conon was a native son of Athens, and Evagoras, because of his many
 generous benefactions, had legally been given citizenship by the Athenians. This is attested by Dem.
 12.10 . And while they were deliberating how they might free Athens from
 her misfortunes, the Lacedaemonians themselves soon furnished the opportunity: for, as
 rulers of the Greeks on land and sea, they became so insatiate that they attempted to
 ravage Asia Agesilaus, king of Sparta , was leader. also. Conon and Evagoras seized this opportunity, and, as the generals of the Persian king were
 at a loss to know how to handle the situation, these two advised them to wage war against
 the Lacedaemonians, not upon land but upon the sea, their opinion being that if the
 Persians should organize an army on land and with this should gain a victory, the mainland
 alone would profit, whereas, if they should be victors on the sea, all Hellas would have a share in the victory.