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ARTEMISIA , the See also:sister and wife of See also:Mausolus (or Maussollus), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Caria, was See also:sole ruler from about 353 to 350 B.C. She has immortalized herself by the honours paid to the memory of her See also:husband. She built for him, in See also:Halicarnassus, a very magnificent See also:tomb, called the See also:Mausoleum, which was one of the seven wonders of the See also:world, and from which the name mausoleum was afterwards given to all tombs remarkable for their grandeur. She appointed panegyrics to be composed in his See also:honour, and offered valuable prizes for the best oratorical and tragic compositions. She also
erected a See also:monument, or See also:trophy, in See also:Rhodes, to commemorate her See also:conquest of that See also:island. When the Rhodians regained their freedom they built See also:round this trophy so as to render it inaccessible, whence it was known as the Abaton. There are statues of Mausolus and Artemisia in the See also:British Museum.
See also:Vitruvius ii. 8; Diodorus Siculus xvi. 36; See also:Cicero, Tusc. iii. 31; Val. Max. iv.
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