Pisindelis ( grc, Πισίνδηλις), ruled c.460–450 BCE, was a tyrant of

Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined ...

, from its capital

Halicarnassus Halicarnassus (; grc, Ἁλικαρνᾱσσός ''Halikarnāssós'' or ''Alikarnāssós''; tr, Halikarnas; Carian: 𐊠𐊣𐊫𐊰 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊵𐊫𐊰 ''alos k̂arnos'') was an ancient Greek city in Caria, in Anatolia. It was located i ...

, under the Achaemenid Empire. He was the son of

Artemisia I of Caria Artemisia I of Caria ( grc, Ἀρτεμισία; fl. 480 BC) was a queen of the ancient Greek city-state of Halicarnassus and of the nearby islands of Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos,Enc. Britannica, "Artemisia I" within the Achaemenid satrapy of ...

, and part of the

Lygdamid dynasty The Lygdamid dynasty ( BCE) was a dynasty of tyrants in the region of Caria, who were subordinate to the Achaemenid Empire following the conquests of Cyrus the Great through his general Harpagus. The dynasty was founded by Lygdamis, of Carian- ...

. He was said to be a young man already at the time his mother

Artemisia Artemisia may refer to: People * Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece * Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under th ...

fought at the head of the Carian fleet at the Battle of Salamis (479 BCE) under King

Xerxes I Xerxes I ( peo, 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 ; grc-gre, Ξέρξης ; – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, ruling from 486 to 465 BC. He was the son and successor of D ...

. C.T. Newton «On an inscription from Halicarnassus, relating to Lygdamis» in ''Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom'', J. Murray, 1870, p.19

/ref> He is mentioned by Herodotus as he described the involvement of his mother at Salamis: He probably had to abandon his throne around 452-449 BCE. His son was Lygdamis II of Halicarnassus, Lygdamis II, last tyrant of the

, before Caria joined the Athenian alliance of the Delian League for about 50 years.

References

{{reflist Ancient Halicarnassians Lygdamid dynasty Achaemenid satraps of Caria 5th-century monarchs in Asia