Mausolus (redirected from Mausolus of Halicarnassus)

Mausolus (môsō`ləs), d. 353 B.C., Persian satrap, ruler over Caria (c.376–353 B.C.). He was always more or less independent. One of the satraps who revolted against Artaxerxes II, he later allied himself with the Persian kings. He extended his power greatly, even to hegemony over Rhodes. After his death his wife, Artemisia, erected at Halicarnassus a tomb that he had planned, called the mausoleum.

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Mausolus

(died 353 BC) Satrap (governor) of Caria in South Asia Minor. Nominally under the control of the Persian empire, he took advantage of upheaval in Asia Minor to gain independence. He was influential among the Greek cities of Ionia and instigated the revolt of Athens's allies in 357. He endowed his capital, Halicarnassus, with fine buildings. His sister and wife, Artemisia II, finished building his tomb, the Mausoleum. It was designed by the Greek architect Pythius and considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

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Mausolus 

a Hellenistic ruler in Asia Minor from 377/76 to 353/52 B.C. He was called a Persian satrap, but in reality he was independent of Persian rule.

Mausolus’ territory consisted of the district of Caria, part of the territory of Lycia, the city of Heraclea in Latmos, the city of lasos, and part of Lydia. His rule in fact included the islands of Rhodes, Cos, and Chios, with whom Mausolus concluded a treaty of alliance. In the 460’s B.C., Mausolus moved the capital of his state to Halicarnassus, where he built many palaces and temples. The great Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (the tomb of Mausolus), erected after his death on the instructions of his wife, Aŕtemisia, was considered in antiquity to be one of the seven wonders of the world.

REFERENCE

Buscher, E. Mausollus und Alexander. Berlin, 1950.