Artemisia

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Artemisia is the name of two ancient Anatolian rulers, often confused with one another:

• Artemisia I of Caria, tyrant of Halicarnassus in the 5th century BC
• Artemisia II of Caria, satrap of Caria in the 4th century BC

It is also:

• the first name of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi
• the name for a herb, the Artemisia (plant)
• the name of a village west of Taygetus mountain, in Messinia, Peloponnese, Greece

 

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