Who was Artemisia I of Caria's mother's nationality?
Cretan
Persian
Spartan
Athenian
Answer
Artemisia I of Caria was a Carian queen, who ruled the independent kingdom of Caria, in southwestern Asia Minor, from 480 BC to 469 BC. She was the daughter of Lygdamis of Halicarnassus and a Cretan woman.
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