Evadne, a daughter of Iphis or Iphicles of Argos, who slighted the addresses of Apollo, and married Capancus, one of the seven chiefs who went against Thebes. When her husband had been struck with thunder by Jupiter for his blasphemies and impiety, and his ashes had been separated from those of the rest of the Argives, she threw herself on his burning pile, and perished in the flames. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 6, li. 447.—Propertius, bk. 1, poem 15, li. 21.—Statius, Thebiad, bk. 12, li. 800.——A daughter of the Strymon and Neæra. She married Argus, by whom she had four children. Apollodorus, bk. 2.
Evages, a poet, famous for his genius but not for his learning.
Evăgŏras, a king of Cyprus who retook Salamis, which had been taken from his father by the Persians. He made war against Artaxerxes the king of Persia, with the assistance of the Egyptians, Arabians, and Tyrians, and obtained some advantage over the fleet of his enemy. The Persians, however, soon repaired their losses, and Evagoras saw himself defeated by sea and land, and obliged to be tributary to the power of Artaxerxes, and to be stripped of all his dominions, except the town of Salamis. He was assassinated soon after this fatal change of fortune by a eunuch, 374 B.C. He left two sons, Nicocles, who succeeded him, and Protagoras, who deprived his nephew Evagoras of his possessions. Evagoras deserves to be commended for his sobriety, moderation, and magnanimity, and if he was guilty of any political error in the management of his kingdom, it may be said that his love of equity was a full compensation. His grandson bore the same name, and succeeded his father Nicocles. He showed himself oppressive, and his uncle Protagoras took advantage of his unpopularity to deprive him of his power. Evagoras fled to Artaxerxes Ochus, who gave him a government more extensive than that of Cyprus, but his oppression rendered him odious, and he was accused before his benefactor, and by his orders put to death. Cornelius Nepos, bk. 12, ch. 2.—Diodorus, bk. 14.—Pausanias, bk. 1, ch. 3.—Justin, bk. 5, ch. 6.——A man of Elis, who obtained a prize at the Olympian games. Pausanias, bk. 5, ch. 8.——A Spartan, famous for his services to the people of Elis. Pausanias, bk. 6, ch. 10.——A son of Neleus and Chloris. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 9.——A son of Priam. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 12.——A king of Rhodes.——An historian of Lindos.——Another of Thasos, whose works proved serviceable to Pliny in the compilation of his natural history. Pliny, bk. 10.
Evăgŏre, one of the Nereides. Apollodorus.
Evan, a surname of Bacchus, which he received from the wild ejaculation of Evan! Evan! by his priestesses. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 4, li. 15.—Virgil, Æneid, bk. 6, li. 517.
Evander, a son of the prophetess Carmente, king of Arcadia. An accidental murder obliged him to leave his country, and he came to Italy, where he drove the aborigines from their ancient possessions, and reigned in that part of the country where Rome was afterwards founded. He kindly received Hercules when he returned from the conquest of Geryon; and he was the first who raised him altars. He gave Æneas assistance against the Rutuli, and distinguished himself by his hospitality. It is said that he first brought the Greek alphabet into Italy, and introduced there the worship of the Greek deities. He was honoured as a god after death by his subjects, who raised him an altar on mount Aventine. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 43.—Livy, bk. 1, ch. 7.—Silius Italicus, bk. 7, li. 18.—Dionysius of Halicarnassus, bk. 1, ch. 7.—Ovid, Fasti, bk. 1, li. 500; bk. 5, li. 91.—Virgil, Æneid, bk. 8, li. 100, &c.——A philosopher of the second academy, who flourished B.C. 215.
Evangĕlus, a Greek historian.——A comic poet.
Evangorĭdes, a man of Elis, who wrote an account of all those who had obtained a prize at Olympia, where he himself had been victorious. Pausanias, bk. 6, ch. 8.
Evanthes, a man who planted a colony in Lucania at the head of some Locrians.——A celebrated Greek poet.——An historian of Miletus.——A philosopher of Samos.——A writer of Cyzicus.——A son of Œnopion of Crete, who migrated to live at Chios. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 4.
Evarchus, a river of Asia Minor flowing into the Euxine, on the confines of Cappadocia. Flaccus, bk. 6, li. 102.