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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
So you want them to change history to accommodate your desires?

It is Hollywood that is changing history to accommodate feminist desires/delusions.

Sorry, but Artemisia was a real person, (Queen of Halicarnassus not Persia) and she did command ships at the Battle of Salamis.

There's a big difference between history, where she commanded the ship (a.k.a gave orders from the "sidelines") vs Hollywood where she swashbuckles onto enemy ships and single handily takes out entire regiments of Greek Marines.

31 posted on 03/13/2014 11:49:00 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: qam1
It is Hollywood that is changing history to accommodate feminist desires/delusions.

Hollywood changes history to suit it's whims and (according to them) make the story better. I have my doubts but in this case the person you were complaining about is an importent part of the story. Take it up with Herodotus.

There's a big difference between history, where she commanded the ship (a.k.a gave orders from the "sidelines")

Ships, five of them. And if you think commanding five triremes is giving orders from the sidelines then you confuse them with the ships of today.

The trireme was about 121 feet long and 20 feet wide on the outside. The deck was much smaller and that is where she would have had to be to give orders.

Did she take out "entire regiments of Greek Marines" with the sword? Probably not. There was after all only about 3000-4000 hoplites there.

44 posted on 03/14/2014 6:07:43 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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