See Also: Artemisia(medicine)
artemisia(dictionary)
Artemisia I(encyclopedia)
Artemisia II(encyclopedia)
artemisia(encyclopedia)
Gentileschi, Artemisia(encyclopedia)
artemisia (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

Artemisia I (sh)




flourished 5th century BC

Queen of Halicarnassus and of the island of Cos งใ 480 BC.

She ruled under the Persian king Xerxes and helped him invade Greece (480-479). She commanded five ships in the Battle of Salamis; according to Herodotus, she advised Xerxes to retreat from Greece rather than risk another engagement.