Onesilos

Family: Cyprian · Role: ruler of Salamis · First appears: Book 5 · §104–111

Life events

• Onesilos shut Gorgos out of Salamis after failing to persuade him to revolt.(Book 5 · §104–111 · 📍 Salamis)
  • With: Gorgos
  • “Onesilos watched for a time when he had gone forth out of the city of Salamis, and then together with the men of his own faction he shut him out of the gates.”
• Onesilos became ruler of Salamis and sought to bring Cyprus into revolt.(Book 5 · §104–111 · 📍 Salamis)
  • “Onesilos was ruler of Salamis and endeavoured to persuade all the men of Cyprus to join him in revolt.”
• Onesilos besieged Amathus after its people refused to join the revolt.(Book 5 · §104–111 · 📍 Amathus)
  • “but since those of Amathus were not willing to do as he desired, he sat down before their city and besieged it.”
• Onesilos summoned the Ionians to help him against the expected Persian army.(Book 5 · §104–111 · 📍 Amathus)
  • “Being informed of this, Onesilos sent heralds to different places in Ionia to summon the Ionians to his assistance”
• The Ionian force arrived in Cyprus to assist Onesilos.(Book 5 · §104–111 · 📍 Cyprus)
  • “Now the Ionians arrived in Cyprus just at the time when the Persians having crossed over in ships from Kilikia were proceeding by land to attack Salamis”
• Onesilos took his place opposite Artybios in the battle array.(Book 5 · §104–111 · 📍 the plain of Salamis)
  • With: Artybios
  • “and against Artybios, the commander of the Persians, Onesilos took up his place in the array by his own free choice.”
• The opposing forces joined battle on land and at sea.(Book 5 · §104–111)
  • With: Artybios
  • “Thus he spoke; and shortly afterwards the opposed forces joined battle both on land and with their ships.”
• Artybios fell in battle with Onesilos.(Book 5 · §112–125)
  • With: Artybios
  • “So Artybios the commander of the Persians fell there on the spot together with his horse:”
• Onesilos and Aristokypros fell after the Persian army routed the Cyprians.(Book 5 · §112–125)
  • With: Chersis Aristokypros Philokypros
  • “many others fell and among them Onesilos the son of Chersis, he who brought about the revolt of the Cyprians, and also the king of the Solians, Aristokypros the son of Philokypros”
• The men of Amathus cut off Onesilos's head and hung it over the city gate.(Book 5 · §112–125 · 📍 Amathus)
  • “So the men of Amathus cut off the head of Onesilos, because he had besieged them; and having brought it to Amathus they hung it over the gate of the city:”
• The Amathusians were instructed to bury Onesilos's head and sacrifice to him yearly as a hero.(Book 5 · §112–125 · 📍 Amathus)
  • “they received an answer bidding them take it down and bury it and sacrifice to Onesilos every year as a hero;”

Book 5 · §104–111

• siblings with Gorgos “there was one Onesilos, younger brother of Gorgos king of Salamis, and son of Chersis, the son of Siromos, the son of Euelthon.”
• parent: Chersis “there was one Onesilos, younger brother of Gorgos king of Salamis, and son of Chersis, the son of Siromos, the son of Euelthon.”
• enemies with Gorgos “Since however he could not persuade Gorgos, Onesilos watched for a time when he had gone forth out of the city of Salamis, and then together with the men of his own faction he shut him out of the gates.”
• enemies with Artybios “Thus he spoke; and shortly afterwards the opposed forces joined battle both on land and with their ships.”
• with Gorgos (Onesilos shut Gorgos out of Salamis and took over rule of the city.) “Gorgos accordingly being robbed of the city went for refuge to the Medes, and Onesilos was ruler of Salamis and endeavoured to persuade all the men of Cyprus to join him in revolt.”

Book 5 · §112–125

• enemies with Artybios “when Artybios came to fight with Onesilos sitting upon his horse”
• parent: Chersis “Onesilos the son of Chersis”

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.