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HISTORY OP CARIA. 53
Artemisia continued to maintain in Cos the in-
fluence which Mausolus had established there.
Amid the stratagems which Polya3nuss attributes
to the first Artemisia, is one relating to the capture
of Latmus, which may with greater probability be
attributed to the widow of Mausolus, as there is
no evidence to show that the dominions of the first
Artemisia extended so far to the north, while we
know that Latmus fell into the hands of Mausolus,4
and may have again revolted on his death.
Artemisia is said to have taken this place by
drawing out of it all the inhabitants to see a reli-
gious festival in the Grove of Cybele, and then
attacking the town with a body of troops set in
ambuscade.
These exploits, and the fact that the succession
of Artemisia to her husband's rule was undisputed
by her brother, Idrieus, show that she had a natural
aptitude for command.
But her military prowess would not have given
Artemisia a more illustrious place in history than
has been accorded to other ancient heroines, such
as her namesake and predecessor at Halicarnassus,
or her father's contemporary in the Troad, Mania,
the widow of Zenis. The name of the Carian princess
is associated for ever with the world-famous monu-
ment by which she has commemorated her hus-
band's renown and her own sorrow.
In the obsequies of Mausolus the refinement of
Hellenic culture was happily employed in giving
viii. 53, 54. ' Polyien. vii. 23.
Artemisia continued to maintain in Cos the in-
fluence which Mausolus had established there.
Amid the stratagems which Polya3nuss attributes
to the first Artemisia, is one relating to the capture
of Latmus, which may with greater probability be
attributed to the widow of Mausolus, as there is
no evidence to show that the dominions of the first
Artemisia extended so far to the north, while we
know that Latmus fell into the hands of Mausolus,4
and may have again revolted on his death.
Artemisia is said to have taken this place by
drawing out of it all the inhabitants to see a reli-
gious festival in the Grove of Cybele, and then
attacking the town with a body of troops set in
ambuscade.
These exploits, and the fact that the succession
of Artemisia to her husband's rule was undisputed
by her brother, Idrieus, show that she had a natural
aptitude for command.
But her military prowess would not have given
Artemisia a more illustrious place in history than
has been accorded to other ancient heroines, such
as her namesake and predecessor at Halicarnassus,
or her father's contemporary in the Troad, Mania,
the widow of Zenis. The name of the Carian princess
is associated for ever with the world-famous monu-
ment by which she has commemorated her hus-
band's renown and her own sorrow.
In the obsequies of Mausolus the refinement of
Hellenic culture was happily employed in giving
viii. 53, 54. ' Polyien. vii. 23.