My intension with this blog is not only - as might be anticipated by the sheer title - to share my thoughts and work on Hekatomnid Karia and in particular the archaeology & history of ancient Halikarnassos. But what is more - or perhaps less - to report from the life and deeds of an archaeologist in transformation...
on Artemisia..
Artemisia was a local tyrant of Halikarnassos in the early 5th century BC. She fought together with Xerxes the Great at the naval battle of Salamis in 480 BC - and she was renowned by the Achaemenid Great King as a wise and courageous woman. Most probably she was neither nice nor kind. But she fascinates me...
Rationale
Jeg har hørt, at det skulle være moderne at skille krop og sjæl. Hænder og forstand. Det kan min krop ikke forstå. Og forstanden får ondt i maven.
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