Artemisia dismisses these victories, stating that killing the Spartans made them martyrs, while razing Athens simply destroyed the only thing of value in Greece.
Artemisia indignantly replies that she is more inexperienced in naval warfare, while Xerxes angrily retorts that it was he who achieved victory at Thermopylae and destroyed Athens and defeated Leonidas. Xerxes however cautions her, fearing it may well be a trap. Artemisia inquires as to who is leading them, and learns that it is none other than Themistocles. Artemisia bitterly disagrees, stating that had Themistocles joined her, she could have laid the whole world at Xerxes' feet. While Artemisia is with Xerxes in Athens, Xerxes gloats that Themistocles was weak. When she looses a fire arrow at Themistocles' ship, she presumes him dead in the resulting explosion. She soon sets the Greek ships ablaze when she orders her men to pour oil into the sea.
Artemisia angrily sends him away, promising him retribution.Īt the Battle of Artemisium, she is seen firing arrows with deadly accuracy at the Greeks, and ends up killing Scyllias. Themistocles seems intrigued, and the two have strong sex with one another in the process, but he still rejects her offer nonetheless. Artemisia compliments him on his strategies and recent victories, and offers him a place at her side as her lieutenant. He accepts and the two meet on neutral waters. Artemisia realizes that she has found a worthy opponent in Themistocles and sends her troops to request Themistocles' presence. After General Bandaris failure, she has him thrown into the sea tied with metal bracelets, and replaces him with General Kashani. During the battle with the Greeks, she appoints Artafernes as her second in command. When a Persian commander fails to impress her, she has him killed and thrown overboard. She watches gleefully as Xerxes appears before his people and announces to them that he shall make war on Greece.Īrtemisia is seen in command of the Persian fleet. Once Xerxes has completed his transformation, Artemisia secretly murders all of Xerxes' closest allies so he will trust only her. She advises Xerxes that he must become a God-King in order to invade Greece. Artemisia still lusts for vengeance against the Greeks, and subsequently twists these words. Hearing these words, she pulls the arrow from Darius' chest, seemingly to end his suffering, but actually to end his speech. He advises him to end the campaign in Greece, declaring that only the gods can defeat the Greeks. Upon hearing of Darius' injury at Marathon, Artemisia arrives in time to hear his final words to his son, Xerxes.
She grew in favor of the Persian King, Darius, when she effortlessly murdered his enemies. She was subsequently raised and trained by the Persians, and the young girl proved to be a capable warrior. Left for dead on the streets, a Persian official found her and felt sympathy for the injured 12-year-old girl. Artemisia survived and was taken captive and suffered terrible physical attacks and coerced sexual contact the hands of the Greeks. She is the unseen overarching antagonist in the first film, 300 and the main antagonist in the sequel 300: Rise of an Empire.Īt eight years old, Artemesia's entire family was slaughtered by the Greek fighting men.
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Witnessing family’s murder at the hands of the GreeksĪrtemisia is the overarching antagonist in the 300 film series and the archenemy to Themistocles.
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