Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BCE) was queen of the Greek city-state of Halicarnassus, in present-day Bodrum, Turkey, and of the nearby islands of Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos, ruling as a vassal within the Achaemenid Persian Empire. She personally commanded a contingent of ships allied with the Persian king Xerxes I during his invasion of Greece in 480 BCE, fighting at the naval battles of Artemisium and Salamis, where the Greek historian Herodotus, himself a native of her city, records that she distinguished herself for tactical skill and courage and won Xerxes's particular respect. She remains one of the few women known to have commanded warships in a major ancient naval battle.
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Death PlaceNot recorded by any surviving historical source 1 Only a legend, recorded some 13 centuries later by Photius, describes her death; no historical source states where or how she actually died. RoleQueen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros, and Kalymnos 1 BirthplaceHalicarnassus (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) 1 Role
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was a queen of the ancient Greek city-state of Halicarnassus, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey
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A legend, quoted by Photius, some 13 centuries later, claims that Artemisia fell in love with a man from Abydos named Dardanus, and when he ignored her, she blinded him while he was sleeping, but her love for him increased.
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Queen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros, and Kalymnos
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She personally commanded ships at the naval battle of Artemisium and at the naval Battle of Salamis in 480 BC.
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Wikidata Q232128, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Greco-Persian Wars (Wikipedia)
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Darius I Xerxes I Artaxerxes I Artemisia I Ariomardus Artabazus Artapanus Artaphernes Artaphernes (son of Artaphernes) Artyphius Datis Boges Gongylos Harpagus Hippias Hydarnes II Masistes Megabates Megabazus Megabyzus Otanes Tithraustes Artayntes Azanes (son of Arteios) Hyamees Ithamitres Peraxes Artybius Daurises Mardontes Tigranes Achaemenes Ariabignes Damasithymus Mardonius Masistius Pherendatis Artayctes Aridolis
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