Artemisia II of Caria
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Artemisia II of Caria was a 4th-century BCE Carian queen and satrap renowned for commissioning the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in honor of her husband-brother Mausolus.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Artemisia of Caria | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek person
ⓘ
queen ⓘ ruler of Caria ⓘ satrap ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Seven Wonders of the Ancient World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Mausoleum at Halicarnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialMonumentFor | Mausolus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Halicarnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | Mausoleum at Halicarnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Caria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture |
Carian
ⓘ
Hellenized Anatolian ⓘ |
| deathDate | c. 351 BCE ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Caria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| father | Hecatomnus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| governanceType | satrapy under the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Caria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Hellenistic funerary architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a female satrap under the Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
commissioning the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ⓘ her extravagant mourning for Mausolus ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Carian
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Hecatomnid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | construction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ⓘ |
| notableFor | combining royal and satrapal authority ⓘ |
| placeOfRule | Halicarnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | devoted wife of Mausolus ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Queen of Caria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Satrap of Caria ⓘ |
| predecessor | Mausolus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | southwestern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 351 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 353 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| sibling | Mausolus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Mausolus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Idrieus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| vassalOf | Persian king Artaxerxes III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.