Lygdamis I of Halicarnassus explained

Lygdamis (Λύγδαμις), who ruled –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]

He is the founder of the eponymous Lygdamid dynasty (520–450 BCE) of Carian tyrants, who ruled from Halicarnassus.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

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2. Book: Egypt and Scythia . 1886 . Рипол Классик . 9785874812997 . 5 . en.
3. Book: Hornblower . Simon . Spawforth . Antony . Eidinow . Esther . The Oxford Classical Dictionary . 2012 . OUP Oxford . 9780199545568 . 387 . en.
4. Book: Newton . Charles Thomas . Pullan . Richard Popplewell . A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae . 2011 . Cambridge University Press . 9781108027274 . 811 . en.