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Kybernis is known from [[Herodotus]] (Hdt. 7.92, 98) to have served under [[Xerxes I]] during the [[Persian invasion of Greece]] circa 480 BCE. He came with 50 ships. His men were equipped with cuirasses, felt caps with feathers, and capes made of goat-skin.<ref>"A Lycian commander, Kybernis(kos), served under Xerxes in 480 b.c. with fifty ships. His men wore cuirasses and greaves, felt caps with feathers, and goat-skin capes. They were archers and hoplites, carrying javelins, daggers, and curved swords (Hdt. 7.92, 98)." {{cite book |title=The Cambridge Ancient History: pt. 1. The prehistory of the Balkans; and the Middle East and the Aegean world, tenth to eighth centuries B.C |date=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=659 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=64hz8vbtVaQC |language=en}}</ref>

Kybernis is known from [[Herodotus]] (Hdt. 7.92, 98) to have served under [[Xerxes I]] during the [[Persian invasion of Greece]] circa 480 BCE. He came with 50 ships. His men were equipped with cuirasses, felt caps with feathers, and capes made of goat-skin.<ref>"A Lycian commander, Kybernis(kos), served under Xerxes in 480 b.c. with fifty ships. His men wore cuirasses and greaves, felt caps with feathers, and goat-skin capes. They were archers and hoplites, carrying javelins, daggers, and curved swords (Hdt. 7.92, 98)." {{cite book |title=The Cambridge Ancient History: pt. 1. The prehistory of the Balkans; and the Middle East and the Aegean world, tenth to eighth centuries B.C |date=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=659 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=64hz8vbtVaQC |language=en}}</ref>



{{blockquote|The Lycians furnished fifty ships; they wore cuirasses and greaves, carrying bows of cornel-wood and unfeathered arrows and javelins; goat-skins hung from their shoulders, and they wore on their heads caps set about with feathers; daggers they had too, and scimitars. The Lycians were of Cretan descent, and were once called Termilae; they took the name they bear from Lycus, an Athenian, son of Pandion.|[[Herodotus]] (7.92).<ref name="penelope.uchicago.edu">{{cite book |title=LacusCurtius • Herodotus — Book VII: Chapters 57‑137 |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/7B*.html |language=en}}</ref>}}

{{blockquote|The Lycians furnished fifty ships; they wore cuirasses and greaves, carrying bows of cornel-wood and unfeathered arrows and javelins; goat-skins hung from their shoulders, and they wore on their heads caps set about with feathers; daggers they had too, and scimitars. The Lycians were of Cretan descent, and were once called Termilae; they took the name they bear from Lycus, an Athenian, son of Pandion.

[...]

Of those that were on shipboard [was]...'''Cyberniscus of Lycia''', son of Sicas...|[[Herodotus]] (7.92, 98).<ref name="penelope.uchicago.edu">{{cite book |title=LacusCurtius • Herodotus — Book VII: Chapters 57‑137 |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/7B*.html |language=en}}</ref>}}


{{blockquote|Of those that were on shipboard, the most famous, after the admirals, were these: Tetramnestus of Sidon, son of Anysus, Matten of Tyre, son of Siromus, Merbalus of Aradus, son of Agbalus, Syennesis of Cilicia, son of Oromedon, '''Cyberniscus of Lycia''', son of Sicas, Gorgus son of Chersis, and Timonax son of Timagoras, Cyprians both; and of the Carians, Histiaeus son of Tymnes, Pigres son of Hysseldomus, and Damasithymus son of Candaules.|[[Herodotus]] (7.98).<ref name="penelope.uchicago.edu">{{cite book |title=LacusCurtius • Herodotus — Book VII: Chapters 57‑137 |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/7B*.html |language=en}}</ref>}}



It is assumed that Kybernis disappeared at the [[Battle of Salamis]] (480 BCE), together with a large part of the Achaemenid fleet.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Keen |first1=Antony G. |title=Dynastic Lycia: A Political of History of the Lycians and Their Relations with Foreign Powers : C. 545-362 B.C. |date=1998 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9004109560 |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Ig4KJySudYC&pg=PA96 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stafford-Deitsch |first1=Jeremy |title=Kingdoms of Ruin: The Art and Architectural Splendours of Ancient Turkey |date=2010 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |isbn=9781845117993 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-oTf9A6xiUMC&pg=PA107 |language=en}}</ref>

It is assumed that Kybernis disappeared at the [[Battle of Salamis]] (480 BCE), together with a large part of the Achaemenid fleet.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Keen |first1=Antony G. |title=Dynastic Lycia: A Political of History of the Lycians and Their Relations with Foreign Powers : C. 545-362 B.C. |date=1998 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9004109560 |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Ig4KJySudYC&pg=PA96 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stafford-Deitsch |first1=Jeremy |title=Kingdoms of Ruin: The Art and Architectural Splendours of Ancient Turkey |date=2010 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |isbn=9781845117993 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-oTf9A6xiUMC&pg=PA107 |language=en}}</ref>


Latest revision as of 02:54, 22 May 2024

Depiction of the Lycian ruler Kybernis (520–480 BCE) on his tomb (the "Harpy Tomb", British Museum).
The "Harpy Tomb", a solid sandstone pillar with the sarcophagus of Kybernis on top (local reconstitution, the original sculpted plates being in the British Museum).

KybernisorKubernis (ruled 520-480 BCE), also abbreviated KUB on his coins in Lycian, called Cyberniscus son of SicasbyHerodotus, was a dynast of Lycia, at the beginning of the time it was under the domination of the Achaemenid Empire.[1] He is best known through his tomb, the Harpy Tomb, the decorative remains of which are now in the British Museum.[1] According to Melanie Michailidis, though bearing a "Greek appearance", the Harpy Tomb, the Nereid Monument and the Tomb of Payava were built according main Zoroastrian criteria "by being composed of thick stone, raised on plinths off the ground, and having single windowless chambers".[2]

Kybernis is known from Herodotus (Hdt. 7.92, 98) to have served under Xerxes I during the Persian invasion of Greece circa 480 BCE. He came with 50 ships. His men were equipped with cuirasses, felt caps with feathers, and capes made of goat-skin.[3]

The Lycians furnished fifty ships; they wore cuirasses and greaves, carrying bows of cornel-wood and unfeathered arrows and javelins; goat-skins hung from their shoulders, and they wore on their heads caps set about with feathers; daggers they had too, and scimitars. The Lycians were of Cretan descent, and were once called Termilae; they took the name they bear from Lycus, an Athenian, son of Pandion.

[...]

Of those that were on shipboard [was]...Cyberniscus of Lycia, son of Sicas...

— Herodotus (7.92, 98).[4]

It is assumed that Kybernis disappeared at the Battle of Salamis (480 BCE), together with a large part of the Achaemenid fleet.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mortensen, Eva; Poulsen, Birte (2017). Cityscapes and Monuments of Western Asia Minor: Memories and Identities. Oxbow Books. p. 269. ISBN 9781785708398.
  • ^ Michailidis 2009, p. 253.
  • ^ "A Lycian commander, Kybernis(kos), served under Xerxes in 480 b.c. with fifty ships. His men wore cuirasses and greaves, felt caps with feathers, and goat-skin capes. They were archers and hoplites, carrying javelins, daggers, and curved swords (Hdt. 7.92, 98)." The Cambridge Ancient History: pt. 1. The prehistory of the Balkans; and the Middle East and the Aegean world, tenth to eighth centuries B.C. Cambridge University Press. 1991. p. 659.
  • ^ LacusCurtius • Herodotus — Book VII: Chapters 57‑137.
  • ^ Keen, Antony G. (1998). Dynastic Lycia: A Political of History of the Lycians and Their Relations with Foreign Powers : C. 545-362 B.C. BRILL. p. 96. ISBN 9004109560.
  • ^ Stafford-Deitsch, Jeremy (2010). Kingdoms of Ruin: The Art and Architectural Splendours of Ancient Turkey. I.B. Tauris. p. 107. ISBN 9781845117993.
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