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Ariadne:
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Artemisia of Caria Artemisia, queen of Caria (SW Turkey), commanded a fleet of ships for the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. She became queen when her husband died and she acted as regent for her son. According to Herodotus, her relation, she accompanied Xerxes's expedition to Greece with her own warships. In the first passage, Herodotus provides a brief description of her ancestry, her rule, and her ability to offer wise counsels. In the second passage, read Artemisia's speech to Xerxes, warning him not to fight at Salamis. Finally, in the third passage, read how Artemisia escapes destruction at the battle of Salamis. Read her story in Herodotus, slightly condensed and in Attic Greek rather than Herodotus' Ionic Greek Find the unabridged story in the Ionic dialect of Herodotus at the Perseus website, Book 7.99, Book 8.68, and Book 8.87-88. If these links do not work, try copying this URL and pasting it into your browser: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Hdt.+7.99 |
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