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Phormio of Halicarnassus - ancient boxer who was a victor at the boxing in the 97 Ancient Olympic Games [18] Asiaticus of Halicarnassus - ancient victor at the Stadion in the 197 Ancient Olympic Games [19] Julian of Halicarnassus - bishop of Halicarnassus and a leader of the Monophysites in the 6th century [20] [21]
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus [a] (Ancient Greek: Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ; Turkish: Halikarnas Mozolesi) was a tomb built between 353 and 351 BC in Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, an Anatolian from Caria and a satrap in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria.
Pliny the Elder, who incorrectly [3] attributed the synoecism to Alexander the Great, lists the villages assimilated into Halicarnassus as Theangela, Sibde, Medmasa, Euralium, Pedasus, and Telmissus. [41] [3] The city of Halicarnassus, newly rebuilt by Mausolus and Artemisia, had a number of Greek features, including a large theatre and agora.
Articles relating to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and its depictions, a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC in Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, an Anatolian from Caria and a satrap in the Achaemenid Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of ...
Early in their joint reign, Mausolus and Artemisia moved the Hecatomnid capital to Halicarnassus, the former seat of the Lygdamids. [12] The best-known monument of the Hecatomnids is the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the grand tomb of Mausolus, which became famous as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Satyros or Satyrus (Ancient Greek: Σάτυρος) was an architect and sculptor from Paros, active in the 4th century BCE. [1] Very little information about his life remains, even though he designed one of the major monuments of the ancient world.
A man sitting atop a bed with sheets adorned with teddy bears and smiling anthropomorphic mushrooms was left to die on the street, arriving here so starved that he ate 22 rotis, one after another ...
When Pixodarus died, Persian King Darius had appointed Orontobates satrap of Caria, which included Halicarnassus in its jurisdiction. On the arrival of Alexander in 334 BC, Ada, who was in possession of the fortress of Alinda, surrendered the fortress to him. [2] Orontobates and Memnon of Rhodes entrenched themselves in Halicarnassus. Alexander ...