The Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet
The Histories name Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a ruler-commander who speaks and fights in Xerxes' sea war. In the causal graph this event strengthens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.
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The Histories name Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a ruler-commander who speaks and fights in Xerxes' sea war. The instrument is that named command in the logos. It is not a general claim that the inquiry is a women's civic record. Herodotus's documented role is: He wrote her as a commander from his own city-heading. He did not appoint her. Medium on unique later-feminist coefficients.
Context
Xerxes is the named king she advises in the story. Sharing the fleet with unnamed crews is required. Palace-wife anecdotes remain a worsening neighbour. Halicarnassus tyranny is a vita neighbour, not this naval row. The setting of The Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet is the public file around -0480-08-01. Driver protection-of-minority-rights is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Two instruments. Mixed effects of The Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet are separate paths.
Why it matters
Improving path from The Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet on -0480-08-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Herodotus
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.28 · verified
He wrote her as a commander from his own city-heading. He did not appoint her. Medium on unique later-feminist coefficients.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet
- strengthensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 August 480 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Perseus — Herodotus, Histories Book 8 Athens and Salamis neighbourhood (later carrier)Perseus Digital Library / Tufts · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Herodotus, Halicarnassus and exile neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Perseus — Herodotus, Histories Book 8 Artemisia (later carrier) at https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=8 (opens in a new tab) (Perseus Digital Library / Tufts). Independent locator: Britannica — Artemisia I of Caria at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herodotus-Greek-historian (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Perseus — Herodotus, Histories Book 8 Artemisia (later carrier) (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=8 (opens in a new tab); Perseus Digital Library / Tufts). Independent carrier: Britannica — Artemisia I of Caria (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herodotus-Greek-historian (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established: a sourced public record of The Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet under -0480-08-01 for Herodotus. Established: a sourced public record of The Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet under -0480-08-01.
Shared responsibility is part of The Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet. Naming Herodotus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0480-08-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorHerodotus
- contributed toFactThe Salamis logos names Artemisia of Halicarnassus as a commanding woman in Xerxes' fleet
- strengthensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
- strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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