Abdemon

{{Short description|5th-century BC Phoenician king of Cyprus}}

Abdemon ({{langx|grc|Αὐδήμων}}, gen.: Αὐδήμονος), was a king of Cyprus towards the end of the 5th century BC. He was of Phoenician origin and was born either in TyreDiodorus Siculus 14. 98. 1 or Kition on Cyprus.Theopompus, Fragmente der griechischen Historiker (FGrH), no. 115, F 103 Around 415 BC, Abdemon deposed the Phoenician ruler of Salamis on Cyprus.Isocrates, or. 9. 26 Evagoras, who allegedly came from a Greek dynasty (Teucrids), had to leave the city and went into exile in Soloi. However, Evagoras returned in 411 BC with his followers and was able to depose Abdemon.Isocrates or. 9. 26-32; Diodorus Siculus 14. 98. 1 Some coins of Abdemon have been found.