Halicarnassus

…The toughest nut was the city of Halicarnassus, where Memnon himself, the one truly dangerous mind on the Persian side, organised a stubborn and skilful defence.…

…The boy from Halicarnassus, who, as we know, grew up under Persian rule in the very city ruled by the remarkable Artemisha, did not spend his whole life merely collecting other people's stories.…

…The dead remained unrecoverable, thanks to the raking fire from Halicarnassus, and Alexander was compelled to parley for a truce, a humiliation unique in his reign.…