Artemisia Explained

Artemisia may refer to:

People

Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece
Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under the First Persian Empire, ordered the construction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656/1653), Italian painter

Places

Artemisia, Messinia, a Greek village west of Taygetus mountain in the Peloponnese
Artemisia, Zakynthos, a municipality on Zakynthos, Greece
Artemisia Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park, US
Artemisia pipe, a diatreme in the Northwest Territories, Canada
Kingdom of Artemisia, a regional designation created by the Society for Creative Anachronism

Opera

Artemisia (Cavalli), a 1657 opera by Cavalli
Artemisia, a 1754 opera seria by Johann Adolph Hasse
Artemisia, Regina di Caria, a 1797 opera by Domenico Cimarosa
Artemisia (Cimarosa), an 1801 opera by Domenico Cimarosa

Other

Artemisia (Rembrandt), a 1634 painting by Rembrandt
Artemisia (ship), 1848, the first government immigrant ship to arrive in Moreton Bay, Queensland
Artemisia (film), a 1997 French film about the Italian painter
Artemisia (album), a 2007 album by the Dutch band Sun Caged
Artemisia (plant), a genus of plants including the sagebrush and wormwood

See also