Dugdamme

Dugdamme ( ancient Greek Λύγδαμις ) was a king of the Cimmerians who lived around the middle of the 7th century BC. BC invaded Asia Minor and Assyria . It is identical to the Lygdamis mentioned by Herodotus , Strabo and other Greek authors.

Around 650 BC Chr. Were the Cimmerians with Trerern in Asia Minor and attacked the kingdom of the Lydians to why the Lydian King Gyges , mentioned in Assyrian documents GUGGU of Luddu, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal asked for help. After the death of Gyges and the conquest of the Lydian capital Sardis , the Cimmerians threatened the Greek cities on the coast as well as Artemision at Ephesus .

Dugdamme allied himself with the king of Tabal against the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, but this alliance only lasted a short time. When Dugdamme invaded Assyria, he fell ill and died around 640 BC. His son Sandakurru (or Sandakšatru) was soon defeated by the Assyrians.

literature

Victor Parker: Investigations on the Lelantischen War and related problems of the early Greek history (= Historia . Individual writings. 109). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-06970-4 , pp. 73 f.
Amélie Kuhrt : Lygdamis. In: Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 7, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1987–1990, ISBN 3-11-010437-7 , pp. 186–189.

personal data
SURNAME	Dugdamme
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lygdamis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cimmerian general
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century BC BC or 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr.