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ARTEMISIA, daughter of Lygdamis, was queen of Halicarnassus and Cos about 480 B.C. Being a dependent of Persia, she took part in person in the expedition of Xerxes against the Greeks, and fitted out five ships, with which she distinguished herself in the sea-f ...

... the altar (see The Year's Work in Classical Studies, ed. W. H. D. Rouse, 1907). ARTEMISIA «oX«6t ("sword-sheath "). and Xa^pio (see above) may refer to i hi- spoils of war as well as the chase. The idea of Artemis as a virgin goddess, the " queen and huntress, ...

... Western Arid Transition zone the flora consists largely of the true sage brush (Artemisia tridentata), but some tracts are covered with forests of yellow or bull pine (Pinus ponderosa). The Pacific coast Transition zone is noted for its forests of giant conife ...

... p, dwarf sunflower, and several species of greasewood and cacti. The sagebrush, artemisia, is characteristic of the desert areas. Bunch grass is abundant on the hillsides the year round, and affords valuable pasturage. Climate. — On account of its great divers ...