Portrait of Hekatomnos, from his coinage, circa 392/1-377/6 BC.
Satrap of Caria
Reign
ca. 395–377 BC
Predecessor
Tissaphernes
Successor
Mausolus
Born
5th century BCE.
Died
377 BCE. Halicarnassus, Caria, Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey)
Spouse
Aba, daughter of Hyssaldomus of Mylasa
Issue Detail
Mausolus Artemisia II Idrieus Ada Pixodarus
House
Hecatomnids
Father
Hyssaldomus of Mylasa
Hecatomnid dynasty (Dynasts of Caria)
c. 395–377 BCE
Hecatomnus
c. 377–353 BCE
Mausolus
c. 353–351 BCE
Artemisia II
c. 351–344 BCE
Idrieus
c. 344–340 BCE
Ada
c. 340–335 BCE
Pixodarus
c. 335–334 BCE
Orontobates
c. 334–326 BCE
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Hecatomnus of Mylasa or Hekatomnos (Greek: Ἑκατόμνως, Carian: 𐊴𐊭𐊪𐊵𐊫 k̂tmno “under-son, descendant(?)”[1]) was an early 4th-century BC ruler of Caria. He was the satrap (governor) of Caria for the Persian Achaemenid king Artaxerxes II (404–358 BC). However, the basis for Hecatomnus' political power was twofold: he was both a high appointed Persian official and a powerful local dynast, who founded the hereditary dynasty of the Hecatomnids. The Hecatomnids followed the earlier autochthonous dynasty of the Lygdamids (520-450 BC) in Caria.
^Adiego Lajara, Ignacio-Javier (2013). "Carian identity and Carian language". Publications de l'Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes. 28 (1): 15–20.
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