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Onesilus
Onesilus was the brother of King Gorgus of Salamis in Cyprus who, according to Herodotus, seized power and led most Cypriot cities into the Ionian Revolt against Persia in 498 BCE. He besieged Amathus, which refused to join, but was defeated and killed when a Persian army landed on the island in 497 BCE. The people of Amathus hung his head over their city gate.
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