Artemisia of Halicarnassus was born in the currently known as Bodrum (Turkey), and was the tyrant of the region of Caria (Asia Minor). She commanded a small fleet of five ships with which she joined the Persian army of the Great King Xerxes I in his expedition against the Greeks in the Second Persian invasion of Greece. She fought at the head of her troops and led them in the battles of Artemisium and Salamis.
Look up information about Hydna of Scione and answer the questions.
- She is also known by another name. Which one?
- Which side was she on, the Persian or the Greek?
- Was she also in the military?
- What did her feat consist of?
- Scione was an ancient city on the peninsula of Pallene, in an area called Chalcidice, in Thrace. Locate it on the map and mark it
