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58 HISTORY OE CARIA.
which took place soon after the conquest of Egypt
B.C. 345. The re-establishment of the Persian
supremacy in Asia Minor under Mentor and his
brother Menmon, who succeeded hiin in his satrapy,
must hare greatly diminished the power of the
Carian dynasty, which seems to have reached its
highest point under Idrieus. It is observable that
after his death we hear no more of the princes of
Caria as a naval power ; and the islands of Rhodes,
Cos, and Chios probably then declared their inde-
pendence, for about B.C. 340 they renewed their
old league, and sent aid to Byzantium, then besieged
by Philip of Macedon.
After reigning four years, Ada was expelled from
Halicarnassus by her brother Pixodarus, retaining
only the fortress of Alinda. We are not informed
of the particulars of this revolution, but there can
hardly be a doubt that it was brought about by
Persian influence, and probably at the instigation of
Mentor, in order to deprive the Carian dynasty of
that independent position which it had so long
maintained in defiance of the Great King. The re-
sult of this policy was very successful. Pixodarus,
though nominally dynast of Caria, never succeeded
in bringing the whole of that province under his
sway, for Ada maintained herself in Alinda until
the invasion of Alexander the Great, and numbered
among her adherents the leading men of many
Carian cities. To strengthen his position, therefore,
Pixodarus sought the favour of Persia, and marry-
ing one of his daughters to Othontopates," a satrap
c In the spelling of this name I have preferred the authority of
which took place soon after the conquest of Egypt
B.C. 345. The re-establishment of the Persian
supremacy in Asia Minor under Mentor and his
brother Menmon, who succeeded hiin in his satrapy,
must hare greatly diminished the power of the
Carian dynasty, which seems to have reached its
highest point under Idrieus. It is observable that
after his death we hear no more of the princes of
Caria as a naval power ; and the islands of Rhodes,
Cos, and Chios probably then declared their inde-
pendence, for about B.C. 340 they renewed their
old league, and sent aid to Byzantium, then besieged
by Philip of Macedon.
After reigning four years, Ada was expelled from
Halicarnassus by her brother Pixodarus, retaining
only the fortress of Alinda. We are not informed
of the particulars of this revolution, but there can
hardly be a doubt that it was brought about by
Persian influence, and probably at the instigation of
Mentor, in order to deprive the Carian dynasty of
that independent position which it had so long
maintained in defiance of the Great King. The re-
sult of this policy was very successful. Pixodarus,
though nominally dynast of Caria, never succeeded
in bringing the whole of that province under his
sway, for Ada maintained herself in Alinda until
the invasion of Alexander the Great, and numbered
among her adherents the leading men of many
Carian cities. To strengthen his position, therefore,
Pixodarus sought the favour of Persia, and marry-
ing one of his daughters to Othontopates," a satrap
c In the spelling of this name I have preferred the authority of