§8.88.1τοῦτο μὲν τοιοῦτο αὐτῇ συνήνεικε γενέσθαι διαφυγεῖν τε καὶ μὴ ἀπολέσθαι, τοῦτο δὲ συνέβη ὥστε κακὸν ἐργασαμένην ἀπὸ τούτων αὐτὴν μάλιστα εὐδοκιμῆσαι παρὰ Ξέρξῃ.
On the one hand, this turned out so for her as to escape and not to perish, and on the other hand, it happened that, although she had done harm, she won the greatest favor with Xerxes from these very things.
§8.88.2λέγεται γὰρ βασιλέα θηεύμενον μαθεῖν τὴν νέα ἐμβαλοῦσαν, καὶ δή τινα εἰπεῖν τῶν παρεόντων
δέσποτα, ὁρᾷς Ἀρτεμισίην ὡς εὖ ἀγωνίζεται καὶ νέα τῶν πολεμίων κατέδυσε; καὶ τὸν ἐπειρέσθαι εἰ ἀληθέως ἐστὶ Ἀρτεμισίης τὸ ἔργον, καὶ τοὺς φάναι, σαφέως τὸ ἐπίσημον τῆς νεὸς ἐπισταμένους· τὴν δὲ διαφθαρεῖσαν ἠπιστέατο εἶναι πολεμίην.
For it is said that the king, who was watching, noticed the ship ramming, and indeed one of those present said: "Master, do you see Artemisia, how well she fights, and how she has sunk a ship of the enemy?" And the king asked if it was truly the deed of Artemisia, and they said it was, since they knew the insignia of her ship clearly; and they believed that the destroyed ship was an enemy one.
§8.88.3τά τε γὰρ ἄλλα, ὡς εἴρηται, αὐτῇ συνήνεικε ἐς εὐτυχίην γενόμενα, καὶ τὸ τῶν ἐκ τῆς Καλυνδικῆς νεὸς μηδένα ἀποσωθέντα κατήγορον γενέσθαι.
For both other things, as has been said, turned out to her good fortune, and especially the fact that no one from the Calyndian ship survived to become her accuser.
Ξέρξην δὲ εἰπεῖν λέγεται πρὸς τὰ φραζόμενα
οἱ μὲν ἄνδρες γεγόνασί μοι γυναῖκες, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες ἄνδρες. ταῦτα μὲν Ξέρξην φασὶ εἰπεῖν.
And Xerxes is said to have remarked in response to what was told to him: "My men have become women, and my women men." This is what they say Xerxes said.