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HISTORY OP CARIA. 19
was of Halicarnassian origin, on the father's side,
her mother was a Cretan. She joined Xerxes in his
expedition against Greece, and commanded a con-
tingent of five ships from Halicarnassus, Cos,
Nisyros, and the Calydnian islands, at the battle
of Salamis, where she played a most distinguished
part, not only by the dexterity of her exploits
during the battle, but also by the excellent coun-
sels which she gave the Persian king.
Before the engagement, Artemisia advised Xerxes
not to risk a battle at sea with an enemy so much
more skilled in naval warfare; and she pointed out
to him that in his fleet contingents such as the
Egyptians, Cypriotes, Cilicians, and Pamphylians,
would be useless in action. Her advice was that
the fleet should be left at Salamis, and that the
king should march into the Peloponnese by the
isthmus of Corinth. He would thus find the Greeks
an easy conquest. This counsel, being contrary to
that of the majority of his captains, was not followed
by Xerxes.1
Herodotus, in his account of the naval action
which ensued, has given special prominence to the
part taken in it by Artemisia, which is not un-
natural, considering that Halicarnassus was his
native place.
The Athenians seem to have been surprised at
of Mausolus the First. If Suidas has not made a mistake between
the first and second Artemisia, as seems most probable, the
Mausolus whom he names, may be the same as the father of
Pixodarus, Herod, v. 118. f Herod, viii. 68, 69.
c 2
was of Halicarnassian origin, on the father's side,
her mother was a Cretan. She joined Xerxes in his
expedition against Greece, and commanded a con-
tingent of five ships from Halicarnassus, Cos,
Nisyros, and the Calydnian islands, at the battle
of Salamis, where she played a most distinguished
part, not only by the dexterity of her exploits
during the battle, but also by the excellent coun-
sels which she gave the Persian king.
Before the engagement, Artemisia advised Xerxes
not to risk a battle at sea with an enemy so much
more skilled in naval warfare; and she pointed out
to him that in his fleet contingents such as the
Egyptians, Cypriotes, Cilicians, and Pamphylians,
would be useless in action. Her advice was that
the fleet should be left at Salamis, and that the
king should march into the Peloponnese by the
isthmus of Corinth. He would thus find the Greeks
an easy conquest. This counsel, being contrary to
that of the majority of his captains, was not followed
by Xerxes.1
Herodotus, in his account of the naval action
which ensued, has given special prominence to the
part taken in it by Artemisia, which is not un-
natural, considering that Halicarnassus was his
native place.
The Athenians seem to have been surprised at
of Mausolus the First. If Suidas has not made a mistake between
the first and second Artemisia, as seems most probable, the
Mausolus whom he names, may be the same as the father of
Pixodarus, Herod, v. 118. f Herod, viii. 68, 69.
c 2