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Nice, this may be in Carian!

> Scholars believe the tomb belonged to Hecatomnus, the fourth-century B.C. ruler of Caria, a kingdom in what is now southwestern Turkey. Hecatomnus was the father of Mausolus, who was buried in the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. (The architectural term mausoleum is derived from the Carian ruler’s name.)

http://archive.archaeology.org/1101/topten/turkey.html


9 posted on 10/19/2014 4:54:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Stelae!


10 posted on 10/19/2014 4:55:53 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: SunkenCiv

Little known fact. One reason for Mausolus’ popularity was he rescinded his father’s edict that all schoolchildren memorize this poem. In catalectic trochaic tetrameter.


13 posted on 10/21/2014 12:40:29 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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