Lygdamis (Greek: Λύγδαμις), who ruled c. 520–484 BCE, was the first tyrant of Caria under the Achaemenid Empire. He was of Carian-Greek ethnicity. He was...
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Halicarnassus (/ˌhælɪkɑːrˈnæsəs/, HAL-ih-kar-NASS-əs; Latin: Halicarnassus or Halicarnāsus; Ancient Greek: Ἁλῐκαρνᾱσσός, Halikarnāssós; Turkish: Halikarnas;...
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leave his native city of Halicarnassus, fleeing to the island of Samos. After the death of Lygdamis, circa 454 BCE, Halicarnassus joined the Athenian alliance...
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the satrap of Halicarnassus, Lygdamis I (Λύγδαμις Α') and her mother was from the island of Crete. She took the throne after the death of her husband...
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Lygdamis may refer to: Tugdamme (or Lygdamis or Dygdamis), Cimmerian king, 679-640 BCE Lygdamis of Naxos, tyrant of Naxos Island in 545–524 BCE Lygdamis...
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Herodotus (redirect from Herodotus of Halicarnassus)
of Artemisia I of Caria.[citation needed] Inscriptions recently discovered at Halicarnassus indicate that Artemesia's grandson Lygdamis negotiated with...
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Dugdammî (category Kings of the Universe)
of this king was adopted by Carians, such as the satrap Lygdamis I of Halicarnassus and his great-grandson, the tyrant Lygdamis II of Halicarnassus....
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Lygdamis, of Carian-Greek ethnicity. The dynasty issued several tyrants, until the last one, Lygdamis II, died c. 454 BCE, after which Halicarnassus joined...
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Mausolus (redirect from Mausolus of Halicarnassus)
from Mylasa to Halicarnassus early in their reign. Halicarnassus had historically been a Greek colony with a sizeable native population of Carians and Leleges...
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Pisindelis (category Achaemenid satraps of Caria)
Newton «On an inscription from Halicarnassus, relating to Lygdamis» in Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, J. Murray...
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