Mausōlus

, a king of Caria. His wife Artemisia was so disconsolate at his death, which happened B.C. 353, that she drank up his ashes, and resolved to erect one of the grandest and noblest monuments of antiquity, to celebrate the memory of a husband whom she tenderly loved. This famous monument, which pa ed for one of the seven wonders of the world, was called Mausoleum , and from it all other magnificent sepulchres and tombs have received the same name. It was built by four different architects. Scopas erected the side which faced the east, Timotheus had the south, Leo chares had the west, and Bruxis the north. Pithis was also employed in raising a pyramid over this stately monument, and the top was adorned by a chariot drawn by four horses. The expenses of this edifice were immense, and this gave an occasion to the philosopher Anaxagoras to exclaim, when he saw it, “How much money changed into stones!” See: Artemisia . Hero dot us , bk. 7 , ch. 99 .— Strabo , bk. 14 .— Diodorus , bk. 16 .— Pausanias , bk. 8 , ch. 16 .— Florus , bk. 4 , ch. 11 .— Aulus Gellius , bk. 10 , ch. 18 .— Pro pert i us , bk. 3 , poem 2, li. 21 .— Suet on i us , August us , ch. 100 .