November 15th, 2009
Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis is known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In the region of Ephesus, in a clipped area over the ages examined in a swamp. Today, you can only remnants of the foundation of the construction of this great and wonderful to the Hellenistic period, built entirely of marble and filled plastic work, capital and mine. The best remains of this temple are today exhibited at the British Museum in London.
The oldest remains found date from the 6th BC century. She was surrounded by 36 large pillars, and the orders of the king of Lydia, Kreisos in the 6th century BC extended. Most of the screen are still the British Museum in London in this period.
Artemis was the original 2nd century BC, rebuilt. Located on the top of the preceding, it was wonderful: 127 columns, each 17.5 meters above the ground. Unfortunately, they have been damaged by fire, rebuilt and destroyed by earthquakes, rebuilt and recently sacked by the Goths one years later.
Mythological Info
Artemis was known as Cynthia, his hometown, Mount Kynthos on Delos. It was Apollo look-alike sister, daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was the daughter of Olympian goddesses: She was the wife of Wild Things, Huntsman and chief of the gods, a strange place for a woman. They would like their pet love even was out hunting deer on the ground that his speed has a great opportunity for their technology, which was represented by the silver bow and arrow and the speed of walking in them .
It was like a goddess in Athens, Corinth and Thebes as women rigorous training of the highest reputation for bathing, sincere, and sensitivity in relationships of cohabitation. She followed ablazed and arrows on all creatures wild and free.
At Ephesus, where his temple was one of the seven wonders of the world, Artemis has been presented with a mural crown with a drive to the rear of the crown on his chest, a wreath, a symbol of their power in on for years. Poor Lions hang, as a parent of wild animals, many of her breasts, her legs are strongly associated with bulls, deer, lions and griffins decorated on both sides with flowers and bees. These images may have been similar to the original image of the goddess, who came from heaven.