Article: Patriotic pride.(Temple of Artemis (Ephesus))

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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