Ancient Halicarnassians

Herodotus (; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, among other subjects such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. He has been described as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero.

1st-century BC Greek historian and teacher

5th century BC queen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos

Panyassis of Halicarnassus, sometimes known as Panyasis (), was a 5th-century BC Greek epic poet from Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey).

ancient Greek poet

5th century BCE tyrant of Achaemenid Caria

tyrant of Achaemenid Caria from c.520 to 484 BCE

elegiac poet

thumb|upright=1.2|Coinage of Kaunos, [[Caria at the time of Pisindelis. Circa 470-450 BC.]] Pisindelis (), ruled c.460–450 BCE, was a tyrant of Caria, from its capital Halicarnassus, under the Achaemenid Empire. He was the son of Artemisia I of Caria, and part of the Lygdamid dynasty.

ancient Greek musicologist

6th century BC Greek mercenary and tactician