Daughter of Lygdamis and queen of Halicarnassus, who voluntarily joined Xerxes' expedition against Greece and distinguished herself at the naval battle off Salamis.1
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At Delphi, among white-marble figures of Persians on the pillars, Pausanias saw a statue of Artemisia, daughter of Lygdamis and queen of Halicarnassus — a lady who of her own will sailed with Xerxes against Greece and won renown at the engagement off Salamis.2
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