Artemisia

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Artemisia can mean:

Botany

• Artemisia (genus), a genus of plants including the sagebrush and wormwood

Geography

• Artemisia Geyser in Yellowstone National Park
• Artemissia, Messinia, a Greek village west of Taygetus mountain in the Peloponnese
• Artemisia, Zakynthos, a municipality on Zakynthos, Greece
• Kingdom of Artemisia, a regional designation within the Society for Creative Anachronism

People

• Artemisia of Caria is the name of two ancient Anatolian rulers, often confused with one another:

• Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), tyrant of Halicarnassus in the 5th century BC who participated in the Battle of Salamis
• Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), satrap of Caria in the 4th century BC who built the Mausoleum

• Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – 1651/1653), an Italian painter

Theatre and film

• Artemisia (Goldoni), an unperformed 18th century play by Carlo Goldoni
• Artemizia, an unfinished opera by Domenico Cimarosa, which he worked on until his death in 1801
• Artemisia (film), a 1997 French film directed by Agnès Merlet

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