Kherei
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Kherei | |
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 Portrait of Kherei, from his coinage. He wears the satrapal headdress, decorated with a laurel wreath.[1] | |
| Allegiance | Achaemenid Empire |
| Service years | fl. 410 – 390 BC |
| Rank | Dynast of Lycia |
Kherei (circa 433-410 BC,[2] or circa 410-390 BC) was dynast of Lycia, ruler of the area of Xanthos, at a time when this part of Anatolia was subject to the Persian, or Achaemenid, Empire.[2]
Present-day knowledge of Lycia in the period of classical antiquity comes mostly from archaeology, in which this region is unusually rich.[3] He may have been the dynast to whom was dedicated the Xanthian Obelisk, where he is mentioned in multiple places, although this could more probably be his predecessor Kheriga (Xeriga, Gergis in Greek).[4] Kherei may have been Kheriga's brother, and succeeded him.
