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artemisia(dictionary)
Artemisia I(encyclopedia)
Artemisia II(encyclopedia)
artemisia(encyclopedia)
Gentileschi, Artemisia(encyclopedia)
artemisia (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

Artemisia II (sh)




died งใ 350 BC

Sister and wife of King Mausolus (r. 377-353 BC) of Caria, southwestern Anatolia, and sole ruler for about three years after his death.

She built his tomb, the Mausoleum, considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.


Artemisia II, statue by an unknown artist; in the National Archeological Museum, Naples

Anderson
Alinari from Art Resource