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Kossika’s Son Kybernis
Kherei, the ruler of monarchs, not only mentioned only his
own life on his tomb. He explained that he had other tombs in
the sacred agora and that these tombs belonged to his ances-
tors. One of these tombs is the tomb belonging to his grandfa-
ther Kuprili.

Inscribed Pillar

House Tomb

Harpy Monument
Fig.75: Tombs in the Sacred Agora. Animation (A. Dönmez)

Kuprili the Great ruled in Xanthos around 525-480 BC This
great ruler, called Kybernis by the Greeks, was also a very im-
portant commander. They called this important commander
“Κυβερνίσ Κοςίκα”, “Kybernis, son of Kossika”, who participated
in the wars at the head of the Lycians in many wars. In other
words, Kuprili is the son of Kheziga, the founder of the Xan-
thos dynasty. Kheziga was such a great commander that they
always named his son Kuprilli in front of him. So much so that
Kherei had the name carved on his great monument as the lead-
er of his lineage on the monument he had erected.

…”Karikas crowned his people with
brilliant achievements”…

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