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...

Halicarnassus (/ˌhælɪkɑːrˈnæsəs/, HAL-ih-kar-NASS-əs; Latin: Halicarnassus or Halicarnāsus; Ancient Greek: Ἁλῐκαρνᾱσσός, Halikarnāssós; Turkish: Halikarnas;...

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...

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...

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...

of Artemisia I of Caria.[citation needed] Inscriptions recently discovered at Halicarnassus indicate that Artemesia's grandson Lygdamis negotiated with...

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....

Lygdamis, of Carian-Greek ethnicity. The dynasty issued several tyrants, until the last one, Lygdamis II, died c. 454 BCE, after which Halicarnassus joined...

from Mylasa to Halicarnassus early in their reign. Halicarnassus had historically been a Greek colony with a sizeable native population of Carians and Leleges...

Newton «On an inscription from Halicarnassus, relating to Lygdamis» in Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, J. Murray...