The Temple of Artemis

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The Temple of Artemis :

The Temple of Artemis By Gus Heine

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Several writers said that when they saw the Temple of Artemis after seeing the other wonders the other wonders were put to shame.

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The Greek Artemis was the goddess of the hunt The Ephesian Artemis was the goddess of fertility, which was draped with eggs, a sign of fertility.

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Over the years that the Temple of Artemis was made there were three versions of it. Most of them were made to replace the one before it which was destroyed.

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The first Temple of Artemis was built around 800 BC. This building contained a sacred stone, which probably was a meteorite. This temple was built on a marshy piece of land. The size and who built it are unknown but it was destroyed somewhere around 600 B.C.

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The next temple was made by an architect named Theodorus. The temple was 300 feet long and 150 feet wide and four times the size of the temple that was built before it. The temple was destroyed by a man named Herostratus who wanted to be known forever.

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The last Temple of Artemis was built by a man named Scopas of Paros, who was very famous in his day. The temple was 425 feet long and 22 feet wide with 127 columns all 60 feet high, it was finished somewhere after 333 BC. The temple was destroyed by a Gothic raid in 262 AD.

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Scopas of Paros, who was one of the most famous sculptors then.

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Pliny said that the ground for the temple was covered with layers of trodden charcoal with wool fleeces covered on top.

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It was the first temple to be built entirely out of marble.

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One of the temple’s most unusual features was 36 columns that had elaborate pictures carved into them.

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Pliny said that the temple was 425 feet long and 225 feet wide. It had 127 columns each of which were 60 feet tall that were used to support the roof.

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Pliny said that the building of the temple took 120 years, but people suspect it took half that long.

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He said he would fund the building of the temple only if he was credited for it being built, the Ephesians said that it is wrong for one god to build a temple for another god.

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Earthen ramps were built to roll the beams into place. When one beam went into its place crookedly the architect had a dream with Artemis telling him that it would be all right and it was.

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Ephesus became a large port city with tons of people arriving to see the temple.

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Demitrius was a souvenir stand owner who sold miniature Artemis statues, but when St. Paul came to turn the people to Christians Demitrius started a riot and blamed it on St. Paul.

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The temple of Artemis was destroyed by the Goths in 262 AD and was not rebuilt.

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The emperor declined the offer to rebuild the temple because not a lot of people worshipped Pagan gods because most people were Christian.

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After the temple was destroyed and Constantine declined the offer to rebuild it, Ephesus began to decline because of the less people coming to see the temple which was destroyed. And the ruins of the temple were covered with swamp.

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John Turtle Wood found the base of the temple, after digging through a 20 foot deep test pit. 132,000 cubic yards of swamp had to be cleared away to uncover the base.