Archias of Cyprus

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title: Archias of Cyprus
text: Archias was the governor (strategos) of Cyprus under Ptolemy VI Philometor in the 2nd century BCE. Little is known of Archias's life. He traveled with Ptolemy to Rome in 164, and took his post in Cyprus in 163. The Seleucids had always had their eye on the island, and in 155 Demetrius I Soter gave Archias a bribe of 500 talents in order to betray the island. Archias was caught, and put on trial for this. Before the trial could be resolved in a guilty or innocent verdict, Archias hanged himself.
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description: 2nd-century BC Greek satrap
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