Kuprlli
Coinage of Kuprlli. Head of Karneios orZeus-Ammon andTriskeles. KO-Π-P(ΛΛ) around. Circa 480-440 BC.
Allegiance	Achaemenid Empire
Years of service	fl. 480 – 440 BC
Rank	Dynast ofLycia

Kuprlli (inLycian KO𐊓PΛΛE, circa 480-440 BC) was adynast ofLycia, at a time when this part ofAnatolia was subject to thePersian, or Achaemenid, Empire.^[1] Kuprlli ruled at the time of the Athenian alliance, theDelian League.

Present-day knowledge of Lycia in the period ofclassical antiquity comes mostly from archaeology, in which this region is unusually rich.^[2] There is evidence of a fire that destroyed the wooden tombs and temples ofXanthos in around 470 BC. This fire was probably caused byCimon of Athens when he attacked the sacred citadel in retaliation for the destruction of theAthenian Acropolis by the Persians and their allies, including the Lycians, in 480 BC.^[3] The Xanthians, under their dynast, Kuprlli, rebuilt the buildings in stone, which are reflected in the numerousTombs of Xanthos visible today.^[4]

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  Coinage of Kuprlli. Circa 470-440 BC.^[5]
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  Coinage of Kuprlli c. 470-440 BC

• Jenkins, Ian (2006),Greek architecture and its sculpture, Harvard University Press,ISBN 978-0-674-02388-8

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