Temple of Artemis

The Temple of Artemis (also Greek Artemision, and Latin Artemisium) was built around 550 BC at Ephesus (present day Turkey) during the Achaemenid Persian period, and is listed in as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Temple was a 120-year project started by King Croesus of Lydia. Scarcely anything remains at the site.

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Greek - Latin - 550 BC - Ephesus - Turkey - Achaemenid - Persian - Seven Wonders of the World - Croesus - Lydia

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As described by Antipater of Sidon, who compiled a list of the Seven Wonders:

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Antipater of Sidon - Seven Wonders

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:"I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, 'Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught (anything) so grand."

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::Source: Antipater, Greek Anthology (IX.58)

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Philon of Byzantium also described the magnifence of the temple:

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"I have seen the walls and Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon," wrote Philon of Byzantium, "the statue of Olympian Zeus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the mighty work of the high Pyramids and the tomb of Mausolus. But when I saw the temple at Ephesus rising to the clouds, all these other wonders were put in the shade."

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