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20 HISTORY OP CARIA.
the presence of Artemisia in this battle : they felt
aggrieved, says Herodotus, that a woman should
make war on them.E
In the prowess of the Carian heroine, they may
have been reminded of the exploits of those Amazons
whose mythical invasion of the Attic territory was
repelled by Theseus. In the Greek mind, the events
of the actual Present were constantly connected
with the mythical Past, as a series of causes and
effects. Artemisia, as an Asiatic warrior, may
thus have appeared to the superstitious mind of
the Athenians as the avenger of Hippolyte, the
Amazonian queen conquered by Theseus.
Such importance was attached to the capture of
Artemisia, that a reward of a thousand drachmae
was promised to any one who could take her alive.
She was hotly pursued by Ameinias of Pallene, but
escaped by running down a Calyndian vessel, which
formed part of the Persian fleet, and on board
which was Damasithymus, king of the Calyndians.1'
This incident deceived her pursuers, who, in the
confusion of the fray, imagined, on seeing Artemisia
attack one of the enemy's ships, either that she had
deserted from the king, or that they were mistaken
in supposing her galley to belong to the Persian
fleet. The collision with the Calyndian vessel seems
S viii. 93. Aelvov yap rot ettoievvto yvvaiKO. ettI tciq 'Adijvac
crrpaTEvEodai. Compare the historian's own remark, vii. 99 : 1%
fxaXtara Q(i>vp.a iroiEVfiai, iia. tijv 'KXXaSa arpaTEVcra/iivriQ, yvvaiKog.
h Apparently the same as Damasithymus, son of Candaules,
whom Herodotus (vii. 98) classes among the most distinguished
naval commanders at Salamis.
the presence of Artemisia in this battle : they felt
aggrieved, says Herodotus, that a woman should
make war on them.E
In the prowess of the Carian heroine, they may
have been reminded of the exploits of those Amazons
whose mythical invasion of the Attic territory was
repelled by Theseus. In the Greek mind, the events
of the actual Present were constantly connected
with the mythical Past, as a series of causes and
effects. Artemisia, as an Asiatic warrior, may
thus have appeared to the superstitious mind of
the Athenians as the avenger of Hippolyte, the
Amazonian queen conquered by Theseus.
Such importance was attached to the capture of
Artemisia, that a reward of a thousand drachmae
was promised to any one who could take her alive.
She was hotly pursued by Ameinias of Pallene, but
escaped by running down a Calyndian vessel, which
formed part of the Persian fleet, and on board
which was Damasithymus, king of the Calyndians.1'
This incident deceived her pursuers, who, in the
confusion of the fray, imagined, on seeing Artemisia
attack one of the enemy's ships, either that she had
deserted from the king, or that they were mistaken
in supposing her galley to belong to the Persian
fleet. The collision with the Calyndian vessel seems
S viii. 93. Aelvov yap rot ettoievvto yvvaiKO. ettI tciq 'Adijvac
crrpaTEvEodai. Compare the historian's own remark, vii. 99 : 1%
fxaXtara Q(i>vp.a iroiEVfiai, iia. tijv 'KXXaSa arpaTEVcra/iivriQ, yvvaiKog.
h Apparently the same as Damasithymus, son of Candaules,
whom Herodotus (vii. 98) classes among the most distinguished
naval commanders at Salamis.