page_title: Kybernis
hierarchical_section_title: Kybernis
caption_attribution_description: English: A young warrior wearing a corslet over a short tunic supports a shield with his left hand and receives (or hands over) a crested helmet from a seated bearded figure wearing tunic and cloak and supporting a long staff. A bear or dog stands beneath the throne. Central panel from the north side of Kybernis' tomb, acropolis of Xanthos in Lycia, ca. 480 BC. Français&#160;: Un jeune guerrier portant une cuirasse sur une tunique courte tient de la main gauche un bouclier et de l'autre, reçoit (ou donne) un casque à cimier de la part d'un personnage barbu et assis, portant tunique et manteau et muni d'un long bâton. Sous le trône, un ours ou un chien. Panneau central du côté nord de la tombe de Kybernis sur l'Acropole de Xanthos, vers 480 av. J.-C.
context_page_description: Kybernis or Kubernis, also abbreviated KUB on his coins in Lycian, called Cyberniscus son of Sicas by Herodotus, was a dynast of Lycia, at the beginning of the time it was under the domination of the Achaemenid Empire. He is best known through his tomb, the Harpy Tomb, the decorative remains of which are now in the British Museum.
  Kybernis is known from Herodotus to have served under Xerxes I during the Persian invasion of Greece circa 480 BCE. He came with 50 ships. His men were equipped with cuirasses, felt caps with feathers, and capes made of goat-skin.
  The Lycians furnished fifty ships; they wore cuirasses and greaves, carrying bows of cornel-wood and unfeathered arrows and javelins; goat-skins hung from their shoulders, and they wore on their heads caps set about with feathers; daggers they had too, and scimitars. The Lycians were of Cretan descent, and were once called Termilae; they took the name they bear from Lycus, an Athenian, son of Pandion.
  — Herodotus.
context_section_description: Kybernis or Kubernis (ruled 520-480 BCE), also abbreviated KUB on his coins in Lycian, called Cyberniscus son of Sicas by Herodotus, was a dynast of Lycia, at the beginning of the time it was under the domination of the Achaemenid Empire. He is best known through his tomb, the Harpy Tomb, the decorative remains of which are now in the British Museum.
  Kybernis is known from Herodotus (Hdt. 7.92, 98) to have served under Xerxes I during the Persian invasion of Greece circa 480 BCE. He came with 50 ships. His men were equipped with cuirasses, felt caps with feathers, and capes made of goat-skin.
  The Lycians furnished fifty ships; they wore cuirasses and greaves, carrying bows of cornel-wood and unfeathered arrows and javelins; goat-skins hung from their shoulders, and they wore on their heads caps set about with feathers; daggers they had too, and scimitars. The Lycians were of Cretan descent, and were once called Termilae; they took the name they bear from Lycus, an Athenian, son of Pandion.
  — Herodotus (7.92).
  Of those that were on shipboard, the most famous, after the admirals, were these: Tetramnestus of Sidon, son of Anysus, Matten of Tyre, son of Siromus, Merbalus of Aradus, son of Agbalus, Syennesis of Cilicia, son of Oromedon, Cyberniscus of Lycia, son of Sicas, Gorgus son of Chersis, and Timonax son of Timagoras, Cyprians both; and of the Carians, Histiaeus son of Tymnes, Pigres son of Hysseldomus, and Damasithymus son of Candaules.
  — Herodotus (7.98).
  It is assumed that Kybernis disappeared at the Battle of Salamis (480 BCE), together with a large part of the Achaemenid fleet.
caption: Depiction of the Lycian ruler Kybernis (520-480 BCE) on his tomb (the "Harpy Tomb", British Museum).
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