Editing Amathus (section)

===Hellenistic era===
[[File:Monnaie - Didrachme, argent, Amathonte, Chypre, Lysandre - btv1b11318110k (2 of 2).jpg|thumb|A coin of king Lysandros (𐠓𐠨𐠰𐠦 – lu-sa-do-ro) of Amathus<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hill |first=George Francis |author-link=George Francis Hill |url=https://www.academia.edu/37327316/Hill_George_Francis_Cyprus_TEXT_London_1904_A_Catalogue_of_Greek_Coins_in_the_British_Museum_Bd_24_ |title=Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Cyprus |publisher=Arnaldo Forni - Editore |year=1904 |pages=xxviii, 5}}</ref>]]
About 385-380 BC, the philhellene [[Evagoras I|Evagoras]] of Salamis was similarly opposed by Amathus, allied with [[Citium]] and [[Soli, Cyprus|Soli]];<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]] xiv. 98.</ref> and even after [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] the city resisted annexation, and was bound over to give hostages to [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus xix. 62.</ref> Its political importance was now ended but its temple of [[Adonis]] and [[Amathusia|Aphrodite Amathusia]] remained famous in [[Roman Empire|Roman times]]. The epithet ''Amathusia'' in Roman poetry often means little more than "Cypriote," but attesting to the fame of the city.<ref name="EB1911"/>

From the 4th century BC the pedestals of two sculptures donated by the last Basileus of Amathous, Androkles, representing his two sons, Orestheus and Andragoras, have survived. Their inscriptions are in both Eteocyprian and Greek languages.

The decline of Amathus is often measured by the Ptolemaic gifts to [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]], where Amathus donated only 40 drachmas in 170-160 BC, but Kition and Salamis gave 208, Kourion 172, and Paphos 100. However, this figure contradicts the archaeologic evidence of new buildings in this period including a balneion, a bath, a gymnasium, as well as fortifications of the Acropolis, including a new tower. The port of Paphos appears to have lost traffic compared to Amathus in the Ptolemaic period, an indication that Paphos, as the capital of the island, perhaps offered fewer drachmas than the other cities for different reasons, like Amathus.<ref>Giorgos Papantoniou: Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus. From the Cypriot Basileis to the Hellenistic Strategos, Brill, 2012, S. 221.</ref>