Lygdamis I of Halicarnassus

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] He is the founder of the eponymous Lygdamid dynasty (520–450 BCE) of Carian tyrants, who ruled from Halicarnassus.

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