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Excerpt from The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian, in Fifteen Books, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Are Added the Fragments of Diodorus, and Those Published by H. Falesius, I. Rhodomanus, and F. Ursinus In the mean time Evagoras entered into a league with Acoria, king of nt, who supplied him with a great number of men, being himself then at war with the Persians. He was also privately furnished with money by Hecatomnus, the governor of Caria, to help him to hire foreigners. And several other enemies of Persia, some secretly, others openly, confederated with him in the war. He had, likewise, many cities of Cyprus under his command, with whom joined Tyre in Phoenicia, and other places Moreover, he had a navy of ninety sail, of which twenty were from Tyre, and the rest of Cyprus. His land-army consisted of six thousand of his own subjects, but those from his confederates were many more: besides, being richly sup plied by them with money, he hired abundance of mercenaries. And the king of Arabia, apd other princes, who were jealous of the king of Persia, sent him great forces. Being thus supported, he applied himself to the war with great courage and resolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.