Statue believed to represent Mausolus. A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size

Mausolus (Greek: Μαύσωλος; also Maussollus) was ruler of Caria (377–353 BC). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Municipalities of Caria Cramer's detailed catalog of Carian towns in Classical Greece is based entirely on ancient sources Events By place Persian empire Mausolus is appointed as the Persian Satrap of Caria. Events By place Persian Empire Mausolus, King and Persian Satrap of Caria, dies and is succeeded in He took part in the revolt against Artaxerxes Mnemon (362), conquered a great part of Lycia, Ionia and several Greek islands and cooperated with the Rhodians and their ally in the Social War against Athens. Rebellion is a refusal of obedienceIt may therefore be seen as encompassing a range of Behaviours from Civil disobedience and mass Nonviolent resistance Artaxerxes II Mnemon ( Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 Artaxšaçrā, Ἀρταξέρξης (ca Events By place Persian Empire Mausolus of Caria joins the revolt of the Satraps of Anatolia against the Persian "Sidyma" redirects here For the Moth Genus named thus see Sidyma (moth. Geography Physical Ionia was of small extent not exceeding 90 geographical miles in length from north to south with a breadth varying from 40 to 55 miles but to this Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Greek Islands are a collection of over 6000 Islands and Islets that belong to Greece. Rhodes (Ρόδος Ródos, ˈɾo̞ðo̞s Rodi ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's He moved his capital from Mylasa – the ancient seat of the Carian kings – to Halicarnassus. Milas (ancient Mylasa Μύλασα) is an ancient city in southwestern Turkey. The Carian language was the language of the Carians. It was an Anatolian language, apparently closer to Lycian than to Lydian. Halicarnassus (Άλικαρνᾱσσός &mdash Halikarnassós or Ἁλικαρνασσός &mdash Alikarnassós Halikarnas modern

Tetradrachm of Mausolus. The obverse depicts a lion, the reverse a star with eight rays.

Mausolus was the eldest son of Hecatomnus, a native Carian who became the satrap of Caria when Tissaphernes died, around 395 BC. Hecatomnus (also Hekatomnus; in Greek Ἑκάτoμνως; lived 4th century BC was king or dynast of Caria in the reign of Artaxerxes Tissaphernes (Pers Ciθrafarna, d 395 BC Gr Τισσαφέρνης was a Persian soldier and statesman grandson of Hydarnes. Events By place Persian Empire The Persian Satrap Tissaphernes ' enemy Parysatis, mother of Cyrus These Carian rulers embraced Hellenic culture. This article focuses on the cultural aspects of the Hellenistic age for the historical aspects see Hellenistic period. He is best known for the monumental shrine, the Mausoleum of Maussollos, erected for him by order of his sister and widow Artemisia; Antipater of Sidon listed the Mausoleum as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (in Greek,) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus Artemisia II of Caria (in Greek, Ἀρτεμισία; d 350 BC was a sister the wife and the successor of the king Mausolus. Antipater of Sidon (in Greek, Ἀντίπατρος) Antipatros or Antipatros Sidonios in the Anthologies was an Greek Sidon,or Saïda, ( Arabic ar صيدا; Phoenician phoenician yodh The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a well known list of seven remarkable constructions of Classical antiquity. The architects Satyrus and Pythis, and the sculptors Scopas of Paros, Leochares, Bryaxis and Timotheus, finished the work after the death of Artemisia, some of them working, it was said, purely for renown. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Pythis, also known as Pytheos or Pythius, was one of the most noted Greek Architects of the later age This article is about the ancient sculptor For the ancient writer whose name appears in some manuscripts as "Scopas" see Agriopas. For the town in Armenia see Nagapetavan. Paros ( Πάρος) is an Island of Greece in the central Aegean Leochares ( Greek: Λεοχάρης) was a Greek sculptor from Athens, who lived in the 4th century BC. Bryaxis (born revoca 350 BC was an Ancient Greek sculptor He worked on the mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus which was commissioned The term Mausoleum has come to be used generically for any grand tomb. A mausoleum ( plural: mausolea is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons Its site and a few remains can still be seen in the Turkish town of Bodrum. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Bodrum (from Petronium; formerly Halicarnassus (Halikarnas Ancient Greek: Ἁλικαρνασσός) is a Turkish

An inscription discovered at Milas, the ancient Mylasa,^[1] details the punishment of certain conspirators who had made an attempt upon his life at a festival in a temple at Labranda in 353. In Antiquity Labraunda (alternatively Labranda Λάβρανδα in the mountains near the coast of

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• Livius, Maussolus by Jona Lendering
• Caria

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