Pixodarus

Pixodaros (Greek Πιξώδαρος; † 335/34 BC ) was a satrap of Caria ( on the southwest coast of modern Turkey). He was the youngest of three sons of Hekatomnos, his brothers were mouse solos and Idrieus, his sisters were Artemisia and Ada.

To 340 BC overthrew Pixodaros his ruling sister Ada and took over the rule in Caria. In the spring of 336 BC, he offered the Macedonian king Philip II a marriage between his son and his own daughter Ada Arrhidaios. Immediately afterwards, however, he received an offer of Prince Alexander (the Great), who wanted to marry the princess himself. This high-handed action of Alexander at the diplomatic level led to a new break with his father, after which he was exiled in consequence of some of his closest friends from the Macedonian royal court.

Pixodaros married his daughter ultimately with the Persian nobles Orontopates. He probably died of natural causes shortly before Alexander the Great BC began his Asian campaign in the year 334. The power in Caria took Orontopates, but could not stand up to Alexander and the former Princess Ada is who conquered Halicarnassus.

A decree of the satraps Pixodaros is left on the Trilingue from Letoon.