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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8468538, member: 128351"][ATTACH=full]1500102[/ATTACH]Another view of this temple, on an Antoninus Pius coin minted at Ephesus. There are no pediment details but the number of columns matches the actual facade of the Hellenistic temple. </p><p>This temple was one of the oldest Greek temples. A first one was built in the late 8th c. BC, and was destroyed by a catastrophic flood in the 6th c. BC. It was rebuilt c. 550 BC with huge proportions, but entirely burnt in 356 BC by the famous arsonist Herostratus. It was rebuilt in the late 4th c. BC even larger and with more luxury: it is this Hellenistic temple that was considered one of the 7 wonders of the world, and which is represented on coins. A model of this temple also topped the tiara of the goddess' cult statue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500104[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fragment of a terracotta statuette of Ephesian Artemis, Roman period (I don't know from where it comes, I found it years ago at the flea market <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). The New Testament says that there was in Ephesus a prosperous souvenir industry with craftsmen making models of the temple in silver and statuettes of the goddess for pilgrims to bring back home. This terracotta statuette was obviously one of the cheapest you could find, like the little plastic Madonnas you can find in Lourdes for € 1.00. </p><p><br /></p><p>The wonderful temple remained in use through the Roman period. It was looted and perhaps partially burnt by a raid of Goths in 268 AD and definitively closed in the late 4th c. after Pagan cults were outlawed. It is very likely that it was used as a quarry in the Byzantine period, for almost nothing of it has been found when archaeologists dug the site in the 19th c. Today there is just one single much restored column to be seen : </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500105[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, not far from Ephesus, we still can admire the more extensive remains of a nearly similar temple at Didyma: the oracular temple of Apollo. It was built from solid white marble at the same time, and has roughly the same gigantic dimensions as the temple of Artemis. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500107[/ATTACH]</p><p>Temple of Apollo at Didyma[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8468538, member: 128351"][ATTACH=full]1500102[/ATTACH]Another view of this temple, on an Antoninus Pius coin minted at Ephesus. There are no pediment details but the number of columns matches the actual facade of the Hellenistic temple. This temple was one of the oldest Greek temples. A first one was built in the late 8th c. BC, and was destroyed by a catastrophic flood in the 6th c. BC. It was rebuilt c. 550 BC with huge proportions, but entirely burnt in 356 BC by the famous arsonist Herostratus. It was rebuilt in the late 4th c. BC even larger and with more luxury: it is this Hellenistic temple that was considered one of the 7 wonders of the world, and which is represented on coins. A model of this temple also topped the tiara of the goddess' cult statue. [ATTACH=full]1500104[/ATTACH] Fragment of a terracotta statuette of Ephesian Artemis, Roman period (I don't know from where it comes, I found it years ago at the flea market :)). The New Testament says that there was in Ephesus a prosperous souvenir industry with craftsmen making models of the temple in silver and statuettes of the goddess for pilgrims to bring back home. This terracotta statuette was obviously one of the cheapest you could find, like the little plastic Madonnas you can find in Lourdes for € 1.00. The wonderful temple remained in use through the Roman period. It was looted and perhaps partially burnt by a raid of Goths in 268 AD and definitively closed in the late 4th c. after Pagan cults were outlawed. It is very likely that it was used as a quarry in the Byzantine period, for almost nothing of it has been found when archaeologists dug the site in the 19th c. Today there is just one single much restored column to be seen : [ATTACH=full]1500105[/ATTACH] Fortunately, not far from Ephesus, we still can admire the more extensive remains of a nearly similar temple at Didyma: the oracular temple of Apollo. It was built from solid white marble at the same time, and has roughly the same gigantic dimensions as the temple of Artemis. [ATTACH=full]1500107[/ATTACH] Temple of Apollo at Didyma[/QUOTE]
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