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| “ | I will attack the Greeks with my ENTIRE Navy! | „ |
| ~ Artemisia to Xerxes. |
| “ | If death comes, I'm ready. | „ |
| ~ Artemisia. |
| “ | You fight much harder than you f--k. | „ |
| ~ Artemisia to Themistocles. |
Artemisia was the overarching antagonist of the 2006 film, 300 and the main antagonist of its 2014 sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire.
Artemisia was the merciless and brutal leader of the Persian Navy, and battles a greek fleet at the same time that; the 300 Spartans; make their last stand at Thermopile. She was very loyal to Xerxes and seems to be goading him to wage war against the greeks; but also had romantic feelings towards her greek counterpart, Themistocles, leading to a forbidden attack on them. Her character is based on the real life historical figure of the same name.
Artemisia was portrayed by Eva Green; who also had played Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale, Milady de Winter in The Three Musketeers: Milady, Miss Gribben in Cracks, Eve Connors in White Bird in a Blizzard, Angelique Bouchard in Dark Shadows and Ava Lord in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
Biography[]
Joining to Xerxes and Persia[]
In Artemisia's young age, her family was slaughtered; by Greek hoplites. Artemisia was taken captive and suffered terrible physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the Greeks, left for dead on the streets, a Persian official found her and took pity on her, she was subsequently raised and trained by the Persians, and the young girl proved to be a capable warrior. She grew in favor of the Persian King, Darius; when she effortlessly murdered his enemies.
Upon hearing of Darius injury at Marathon, Artemisia arrives in time to hear his final words to his son, Xerxes, he advises him to end the campaign in greece, declaring that; only the gods can defeat the greeks, hearing these words, she pulls the arrow from Darius' chest, seemingly to end his suffering; but actually to end his speech. Artemisia still lusts for vengeance against the greeks and subsequently twists these words. She advises Xerxes that; he must become a god-king; in order to invade greece.
Once Xerxes has completed his transformation, Artemisia secretly murders all of Xerxes' closest allies so he will trust only her. She watches gleefully as Xerxes appears; before his people and announces to them that; he shall make war on greece.
Meeting with Themistocles and First Battle[]
Artemisia is seen in command of the Persian fleet; when a Persian commander fails to impress her, she has him killed and thrown overboard; during the battle against the greeks, she appoints Artafernes as her second-in-command, after general Bandaris failure, she has him thrown; into the sea tied; with metal bracelets and replaces him; with general Kashani, Artemisia realizes that; she has found a worthy opponent in Themistocles and sends her troops to request Themistocles' presence, he accepts and the two meet on neutral waters, Artemisia compliments him on his strategies and recent victories and offers him a place at her side as her lieutenant, Themistocles seems intrigued and the two have violent sex; with one another; in the process; but despite this, he still rejects her offer. Artemisia angrily sends him away, promising him retribution.
The next day, Artemisia is seen firing arrows; with deadly accuracy at the greeks and ends up killing Scyllias, she soon sets the greek ships ablaze; when she orders her men to pour oil; into the sea. When she looses a fire arrow at Themistocles' ship, she presumes him dead in the resulting explosion.
Disobeying Xerxes[]
While Artemisia is; with Xerxes in Athens, Xerxes gloats that Themistocles was weak, Artemisia bitterly disagrees, stating that; had Themistocles joined her, she could have laid the whole world at Xerxes' feet, Ephialtes arrives and informs Xerxes of the greek fleet gathering at Salamis, Artemisia inquires as to; who is leading them and learns that; it is none other than Themistocles, she immediately prepares for battle. But Xerxes cautions her, fearing it may well be a trap.
Artemisia indignantly replies that she is more experienced in naval warfare, while Xerxes angrily retorts that it was he who achieved victory at Thermopylae and destroyed Athens. Artemisia dismisses these victories, stating that killing the Spartans made them martyrs, while razing Athens simply destroyed the only thing of value in Greece. Xerxes strikes her to the ground for her insolence. Artemisia is seemingly shocked for a moment, but she regains her feet and calmly assures him that she will conquer the Greeks. Xerxes reprimands her as he is the King, but she replies that it was she who provided him the safety and success of his reign.
Final Battle and Death[]
At the Battle of Salamis, Artemisia leads her troops into battle and slays many Greeks. Eventually, she is confronted by Themistocles. He tells her that he still refuses to join her, and she angrily fights him.
But Themistocles forces Artemisia; onto the defensive, parrying her blows and punching her in the face. Impressed, Artemisia renews her attack and wounds his leg. The two are then locked in a stalemate; with their swords at each others' throats.
While Artemisia and Themistocles converse, she sees the arrival of the Spartans and Themistocles disarms her, he warns her that; she has lost; but she replies that; she is ready to face death, he then offers for her to surrender; but she rejects him and tries to fight him, she is subsequently impaled in the stomach; by Themistocles and dies from her wound. But just ;before she dies, she sees that; Xerxes abandon her to save himself.
Trivia[]
- Although Xerxes is the main antagonist of the 2006 film, 300, Artemisia is the main antagonist of the 2014 film, 300: Rise of an Empire; because she has bigger plans than Xerxes. Since Artemisia is responsible for Xerxes' transformation; into the god-king, she is the Bigger Bad of the series, as her actions; resulted in the events of the film series.
- In real life, Artemisia was against engaging the greeks at Salamis; but Xerxes ignored her advice. She had survived the battle and was; made Xerxes' chief advisor. She had convinced him to return to Persia and leave his general, Mardonius to oversee the rest of the war.
External Links[]
- Artemisia on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki