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Lygdamis I of Halicarnassus
Tyrant of Achaemenid Caria from c.520 to 484 BCE / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1] He was the father of Artemisia I of Caria.[2]
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He is the founder of the eponymous Lygdamid dynasty (520–450 BCE) of Carian tyrants, who ruled from Halicarnassus.[3][4]