Hecatomnus

Hecatomnus
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 Ada
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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.