Hecatomnus

Hecatomnus
Portrait of Hekatomnos, from his coinage, circa 392/1-377/6 BC.
Satrap of Caria
Reignca. 395–377 BC
PredecessorTissaphernes
SuccessorMausolus
Born5th century BCE.
Died377 BCE.
Halicarnassus, Caria, Persian Empire
(modern-day Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey)
SpouseAba, daughter of Hyssaldomus of Mylasa
Issue
Detail
Mausolus
Artemisia II
Idrieus
Ada
Pixodarus
HouseHecatomnids
FatherHyssaldomus of Mylasa

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.

  1. ^ Adiego Lajara, Ignacio-Javier (2013). "Carian identity and Carian language". Publications de l'Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes. 28 (1): 15–20.