Editing Halicarnassus (section)

===Iron Age===
[[Image:Bodrum,_porta_di_myndos_01.JPG|thumb|200px|Myndos Gate. Ruins of the fortifications of Halicarnassus (modern [[Bodrum]]); 4th c. BC;]]
[[Image:herodotusstatue.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Herodotus]] (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος) is honored with a statue in his home of Halicarnassus (modern [[Bodrum]]).]]
The founding of Halicarnassus is debated among various traditions; but they agree in the main point as to its being a [[Dorians|Dorian]] colony, and the figures on its coins, such as the head of [[Medusa (mythology)|Medusa]], [[Athena]] or [[Poseidon]], or the trident, support the statement that the mother cities were [[Troezen]] and [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]]. The inhabitants appear to have accepted Anthes, a son of Poseidon, as their legendary founder, as mentioned by [[Strabo]], and were proud of the title of ''Antheadae''.<ref name=EB1911/>

At an early period Halicarnassus was a member of the [[Doric Hexapolis]], which included [[Kos]], [[Cnidus]], [[Lindos]], [[Kameiros]] and [[Ialysus]]; but it was expelled from the league when one of its citizens, Agasicles, took home the prize tripod which he had won in the Triopian games, instead of dedicating it according to custom to the Triopian Apollo. In the early 5th century BC Halicarnassus was under the sway of [[Artemisia I of Caria]] (also known as Artemesia of Halicarnassus), who made herself famous as a naval commander at the [[battle of Salamis]]. Of Pisindalis, her son and successor, little is known. Artemisia's grandson [[Lygdamis II of Halicarnassus]], is notorious for having put to death the poet [[Panyasis]] and causing [[Herodotus]], possibly the best known Halicarnassian, to leave his native city ({{Circa|457&nbsp;BC}}).<ref>{{cite book|title=Suda|chapter=Herodotus|chapter-url=http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?db=REAL&search_method=QUERY&login=guest&enlogin=guest&user_list=LIST&page_num=1&searchstr=herodotus&field=hw_eng|title-link=Suda}} At the Suda On Line Project.</ref><ref name=EB1911/>