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Mausolus was the eldest son of Hecatomnus, a native Carian who became the satrap of Caria shortly after Tissaphernes died, c. 395 – c. 392 BCE. [3] Mausolus succeeded his father upon Hecatomnus' death in 377 BCE. [4] [3] The two may have shared the rule of Caria in the early 370s BCE, though, shortly before the death of Hecatomnus. [5]
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.
In 353 BC, Mausolus died, leaving Artemisia to rule alone. As the Persian satrap, and as the Hecatomnid dynast, Mausolus had planned for himself an elaborate tomb. When he died the project was continued by his siblings. The tomb became so famous that Mausolus's name is now the eponym for all stately tombs, in the word mausoleum. [citation needed]
Ada was the daughter of Hecatomnus, satrap of Caria, sister of Mausolus, Pixodarus, Artemisia, and Idrieus. [3] While Ada's father is known to have been Hekatomnos, the identity of her mother is less clear. There is a possibility that her mother might have been Aba, [4] daughter of Hyssaldomos and a sister of Hekatomnos. This view however is ...
Coinage of Hekatomnos, with effigy of the Satrap. Circa 392/1-377/6 BC. Hecatomnus was a native of Mylasa, and made that city his capital and the seat of his government.. Hence the figure of Zeus Labrandenos appears on his coins walking and carrying a labrys over his shoulder, from the celebrated temple of that name near Myl
It was a forerunner of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and is thought to have been conceived, at least partly, by Hecatomnus' son Mausolus. Hecatomnus' Tomb is one of the most important monuments of antique culture and representing the cult of the dead.
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 ...
The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, also known simply as the Tomb of Mausolus, whose name provided the origin of the word "mausoleum". The mausoleum, built from 353 to 350 BC, ranked as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Halicarnassus' history was special on two interlinked issues.