Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Artemisia.
The gallery
The Battle of Salamis
Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1868
Kaulbach's vast history painting stages the Persian defeat at Salamis with Artemisia of Halicarnassus at center-left, loosing arrows above the Greek fleet beneath Xerxes' throne — the Carian queen Herodotus praised as the only Persian-side commander worthy of naming.
On screen
FILM · 2014READ MORE ↗
300: Rise of an Empire
Noam Murro
Eva Green plays Artemisia as Xerxes' naval commander — a stylized, vengeful Halicarnassian admiral opposite the Greek fleet at Artemisium and Salamis.
FILM · 1962READ MORE ↗
The 300 Spartans
Rudolph Maté
Hollywood's Cold-War Thermopylae film brings Artemisia into the Persian court and the Aegean campaign — an early screen face for the Halicarnassian queen.