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Lygdamis (Greek:Λύγδαμις), who ruledc. 520–484 BCE, was the first tyrant ofCaria under theAchaemenid Empire. He was of Carian-Greek ethnicity.[1] He was the father ofArtemisia I of Caria.[2]
He is the founder of the eponymousLygdamid dynasty (520–450 BCE) of Carian tyrants, who ruled fromHalicarnassus.[3][4]
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