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Article: Patriotic pride.(Temple of Artemis (Ephesus))
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- September 1, 2006
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In Greek and Roman times, the temple of the goddess Artemis at Ephesus was considered one of the most impressive monuments in the world. Not just a place of worship, it was also a tourist attraction. The Ephesians saw the temple as the symbol of both their city and themselves.
According to tradition, Androclus, the son of Codrus, a legendary king of Athens, had founded the settlement in southwest Anatolia, present-day Turkey, in the 11th century B.C. In the years that followed, the Greeks and locals intermarried. It was at this time that a local goddess was associated with Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt and animals. While the Ephesian deity was also a ...
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