Person

Onesilus

King of Salamis

b. 560 BCE – d. 497 BCE World The Great Crossroads

Onesilus or Onesilos (died 497 BCE) is the brother of king Gorgos (Gorgus) of the Greek city-state of Salamis on the island of Cyprus.

He is known through the work of Herodotus (Histories, v.104–115).