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bably ruled in Caria at this time, such as were His-
tiasus, son of Tymnes, tyrant of Termera ;p Pigres,
son of Seldomus, who probably ruled at Syangela f
and Aridolis, tyrant of Alabanda.1

Notwithstanding the encroachments of the Do-
rians on their coast, the Oarians were still, up to
this time, a seafaring people, and their love of
maritime enterprise was well appreciated by the
Persian kings. It was a Carian, Scylax, of Cary-
anda, who was sent by Darius son of Hystaspes to
attempt the circumnavigation of Africa, and who,
according to Herodotus, accomplished this passage.8
At the battle of Salamis, the Carians contributed
to the Persian fleet seventy ships, and Histieeus, son
of Tymnes, and Pigres, son of Seldomus, are men-
tioned by Herodotus among the most distinguished
naval commanders in the service of Xerxes. The
Dorians of Caria only contributed thirty ships in
this battle.

Pisindelis, according to Suidas, reigned after his
mother, and at the date of the battle of Salamis,
B.C. 480, was already a young man.* All that
we know of Pisindelis is, that he was succeeded by
his son Lygdamis, whose name has attained some
celebrity from its connection with that of his dis-
tinguished fellow-citizens Herodotus and the epic
poet Panyasis.

p Herod, v. 37 ; vii. 98. Waddington, Rev. Numism. 1856,
pp. 55-6. 1 WaddingtoTi, 1. c. p. 58.

1 Herod, yii, 195. s Herod, iv. 44.

' Herod, "vii. 99 : "Hrtr, airodavovToe tov aySpoe, avri) re 'iyovva
T)]v rvpavvida, Kal iraiooe UTTcip^ovrus vtrjvitui, k. t. \.