Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 2) (London, 1900)

PAET V.

TEE MAUSOLEUM AND SCULPTURES OF
EALICABNASSOS AND PRIENE.

THE MAUSOLEUM OP HALICARNASSOS.

The tomb of Mausolos,* Prince of Caria, the extant
remains of which are described in the following pages,
was a work of such beauty and splendour that it was
ranked by the ancients among the seven wonders of the
world. Its name, Mausoleum, came to be employed in a
general sense, and in modern usage, by a process of
degeneration, it denotes any building of a somewhat
elaborate character, designed to hold the dead.

Ancient History of the Mausoleum.

The Satrapy of Caria, under the Great King of Persia,
was hereditary in the family of Hecatomnos, the father
of MaTisolos, who first appears as Satrap towards 387 b.c.
At this date the Greek cities in Asia Minor were formally
declared to be part of the Persian empire, from which
they had been separated during the period of Athenian
supremacy.

On the death of Hecatomnos, which is placed about
377 B.C., he was succeeded by Mausolos, who transferred
the seat of government from the inland town of Mylasa
to Halicarnassos. His reasons for the change were,

* The name is written Maussollos on coins and inscriptions, but it is
more convenient to use the form made familiar by the word * mausoleum.'
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