, (king of Salamis in Cyprus. When Arcesilaus III.
was driven from Cyrene in an attempt to recover the royal privileges, probably about B. C. 529 or 528 [see vol. i. p. 477], his mother Pheretima fled to the
court of Evelthon, and pressed him with the most persevering entreaties for an army to enforce
her son's restoration. The king at last sent her a golden spindle and distaff, saying that
such were the more appropriate presents for women. (Her. 4.162, 5.104; Polyaen. 8.47.)