Ada of Caria
Ada ( † before 323 BC) was the second half of the 4th century BC a hekatomnidische Satrapin of Caria.
Life
Ada was the youngest daughter of the Carian dynasts Hekatomnos. She was married to her brother Idrieus with whom they after the death of her brother mouse Solos († 353 BC) and her sister Artemisia († 351 BC) ruled Caria. After Idrieus ' death ( 344/343 BC) exercised absolute power, but under Persian suzerainty. To 340 BC it was overthrown by her younger brother Pixodaros. Then she retreated into the fortress of Alinda in Caria hinterland, where they could live undisturbed in the coming years.
When Alexander the Great BC pushed forward on his Asia campaign in the summer of 334 after Caria, the childless Ada sought the support of the Macedonians for their reinstatement as King Carian queen regent give to. Therefore, she moved toward him, gave him Alinda and adopted him as "son." So he was not considered by the Carians as a foreign ruler, won their sympathies and secured the succession. For their responsiveness to the Macedonian conqueror Ada was allowed to govern their country. This was probably also in line with the matriarchal views of the Carians. Its capital city, Halicarnassus but was defended by Memnon and the Persian satraps Orontopates with strong forces. Orontopates was succeeded the 336/335 BC and had died Pixodaros whose daughter, a younger Ada married. Alexander had to conquer Halicarnassus in heavy fighting, but could not take the port castle Ersan. He moved on and left the siege of the castle his general Asandros. Ada took part in it with Carian troops and wore loud Strabo help - but what the Alexander historians conceal - that the Acropolis (333 BC) was a year later.
Probably only allowed Ada to complete the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. After her death, Alexander continued the Macedonians Philoxenos as a satrap. There are no known coins from her. 1989 may have found her intact grave in Bodrum ( ancient Halicarnassus which ). Their remains were transferred to the Archaeological Museum of Bodrum.
Swell
- Strabo, Geographika, 14,2,17 (English).
- Diodorus, 16,69,2; and 16,74,2; 17,24,2.
- Arrian, Anabasis, 1.23; and 2.5.