Artemisia of Halicarnassus

The song from Pontos is ΠATEPA ΔΩΣME THN EYXH ΣOY - Patera dosme tin efxis sou (Father grant me your blessing). The singer is Eleni Legaki. The reason I put this song instead of Dodecanese song is because of the Amazon theme I made. The paintings are mostly from Gustav Klimt

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Artemisia (Ἀρτεμισία) lived in the great Greek city of Halicarnassus (Ἁλικαρνᾱσσός ) in Karia (Καρία) and counselled the Persian king Xerxes not to meet the Greeks at sea to do battle. Nevertheless, she participated in the Battle of Salamis in September, 480 BC as a Persian ally commanding five ships. At one point in the battle, with the Greeks on the point of capturing her trireme, Artemisia managed to escape in an unusual way. By design or accident, she turned and bore down on a ship from her own side, a Calyndian vessel, and ramming it amidships sank it with all hands. The Athenian ship then left her alone, presuming she must be fighting on the Greek side.

Xerxes watching from a distant hill-side assumed the Calyndian ship to be one of the enemy and was full of praise for Artemisia's bravery. Apparently none of the Calyndians survived to tell the real story. She escaped back to the Persians, where, according to Herodotus, Xerxes declared "My men have turned into women and my women into men!"

Artemisia convinced Xerxes to retreat back to Asia Minor after the defeat at Salamis, contrary to the advice of Mardonius, who wanted Xerxes to stay. Xerxes then sent her to Ephesus to take care of his sons. In return, Artemisia's lands did well by their alliance with the Persians.

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[soroushsabzi]

I am hundred percent iranian and I am still mad at Alex, hahahahahaha) he was an asshole not great! But all the animosities with greeks aside I just love the song wow beautyfull lol cheers from Iran Tehran!

[Yanitsaros]

@soroushsabzi, Greetings to the people of Iran, land of fine cuisine and sophisticated women!

Alexander has been called by many contemporary scholars a 'psychopath' for all the destruction he left behind, but i think this is to judge a historical figure with our contemporary values of humanism. Alexander did what he had to do to create his empire, doing things that all other emperors have done even till a hundred years ago. His great vision was to bring make the whole world civilized.

[padeshahiran]

chill out its massing up whith persian history and fuck anyone who doesnt want to believe the true but persian empire never had slave because cyrus the great sto the slavery for every one he free the jews from babylon

[padeshahiran]

persia never had slaves like roman empire or other empires had before

you people getting this idea from the movie 300 it was bulshit fuck america and who agre with that shit movie

[VederchiHarry]

@soroushsabzi well... let's say that Xerès started first!

[333lesles]

thanks for the advice, i will never forget it!

[gespb32]

This video ends with "choose your love wisely"

My God, never could a statement be more true, to all people of discernment, understand this life changing reality.

[browndemon386]

what are you doing to bring back your old beliefs ,your true gods? from what i understand youre either Muslim or christian!!! a real human is pagan!!

[salarfazel96]

as an iranian i think alex failed persian army ,but at least it was a fail just one fail to a great man .but ahmadynezhad makes people of iran look stiupid and hatefull in front of all the people of the world i dont know what does history say about these days of iran . persian empiers never had slaves befor islam attack.and now 25 million of persian earn money just for there food and cloth .where is our oil money .it is such a creulity

[HistoryLover1550]

Awesome video!

[HistoryLover1550]

I've read a prequel to the film 300 wqill be done focusing on the battle of Artemisium in which Artemisia played a part of. I hope a good actress is cast to play her and her story is done justice. She was a remarkable woman!

[Civilsitis]

@soroushsabzi I think he had his reasons (Persian invation to Greek) that came there and destroy Persia state.

[mirringues]

@padeshahiran yup,, u right, that thing to start hating persians became up almost 10 years ago, speak to someone else about it or maybe u have got suffered the evil look from foreigners at your culture. Movies, computer games it is all the raise of knowlege not taken just by mistake or just simply remembered. Crazy Mahmoud, Fidel Castro, Evo Morales, Chaves from Venezuela, The Koreans in the north, Chinese comunist, all those whose are in the left side always be the ones to speak of.

[bosatsu76]

@padeshahiran Are all these likes your own? You would be more impressive if you could write English.