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Hattusa, Treaty between king Tudhaliya IV and king Karunta of Tarhuntašša |
Hecatomnid dynasty
Hecatomnids: dynasty of satraps of Caria, fourth century BCE. Caria For about a century and half, Caria (the southwest of what is…Hecatomnus of Mylasa
Hecatomnus of Mylasa: satrap of Caria between 391 and 377, founder of the Hecatomnid dynasty. Coin of Hecatomnus Hecatomnus was the son…Hellespont (Dardanelles)
Hellespont: ancient name of the narrow passage between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. Today, it is known as Dardanelles. …
Hellespont and south point of Chersonese |
Hellespontine Phrygia
Hellespontine Phrygia: Persian satrapy in northwestern Anatolia. Its capital was Dascylium. Magians with a sacrifice of a sheep and a bull The…
Herculaneum, Villa of the Papyri, Philetaerus |
Hercules |
Herodotus on Candaules, his wife, and Gyges
At the beginning of the first book of hi Histories, Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus tells the story of the coup d'état of the Lydian ruler Gyges. The entire story, with three actors, appears to be based on a play.…Herodotus on Sesostris' Reliefs
Sesostris' Reliefs: two reliefs, presented by Herodotus as evidence that a great Egyptian king once conquered almost the whole world. The…Herodotus, bk 5, logos 15
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition to Greece (480 BCE), which met with disaster…Herodotus, bk 5, logos 16
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition to Greece (480 BCE), which met with disaster…