Lygdamid dynasty

The Lygdamid dynasty (c. 520–450 BCE) was a dynasty of tyrants in the region of Caria, who were subordinate to the Achaemenid Empire following the conquests of Cyrus the Great through his general Harpagus.^[1][2] The dynasty was founded by Lygdamis, of Carian-Greek ethnicity.^[3][4][5][6]

Lygdamis II was tyrant of Caria, under the rule of the Achaemenid Empire.

The dynasty issued several tyrants, until the last one, Lygdamis II, died c. 454 BCE, after which Halicarnassus joined the Athenian alliance, known as the Delian League.^[2] At that time, Halicarnassus started to appear on the Athenian tribute quota lists.^[7]

From 395 BCE, Caria would again fall under the control of the Achaemenid Empire and be ruled by a new dynasty of local tyrants, the Hecatomnids.^[8]

Rulers

• Lygdamis I (c. 520–484 BCE)
• Artemisia (c. 484–460 BCE)
• Pisindelis (c. 460–454 BCE)
• Lygdamis II (c. 454–450 BCE)

References

1. Fornara, Charles W.; Badian, E.; Sherk, Robert K. (1983). Archaic Times to the End of the Peloponnesian War. Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 9780521299466.
2. Grant, Michael (2004). Greek and Roman Historians: Information and Misinformation. Routledge. p. 4. ISBN 9781134828210.
3. Penrose, Walter Duvall (2016). Postcolonial Amazons: Female Masculinity and Courage in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-19-953337-4.
4. Egypt and Scythia. Рипол Классик. 1886. p. 5. ISBN 9785874812997.
5. Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidinow, Esther (2012). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. OUP Oxford. p. 387. ISBN 9780199545568.
6. Newton, Charles Thomas; Pullan, Richard Popplewell (2011). A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae. Cambridge University Press. p. 811. ISBN 9781108027274.
7. The Ancient World. Ares Publishers. 1988. p. 5.
8. Hecatomnid dynasty - Livius.