Lygdamis ( gr, Λύγδαμις), who ruled –484 BCE, was the first tyrant of Caria under the

Achaemenid Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest em ...

. He was of Carian-Greek ethnicity. He was the father of Artemisia I of Caria. He is the founder of the eponymous Lygdamid dynasty (520–450 BCE) of Carian tyrants, who ruled from Halicarnassus.

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{{Achaemenid rulers Ancient Halicarnassians Lygdamid dynasty Achaemenid satraps of Caria 6th-century BC Asian monarchs 5th-century BC rulers in Asia Officials of Darius the Great