Greek Goddess Artemis

English: Temple of Artemis, Ephesus, Turkey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

The temple of Artemis was built on 550 B.C. and what is present day Turkey. It was built as a Greek Temple dedicated to Artemis, the Greek Goddess of the Wilderness, Hunting and Childbirth. They took 120 years to create and it was built on a Marshland to protect it from future earthquakes. Field with many fine artworks form Greek sculptures, the Marshland could not protect the temple from Herostratus. Herostratus. want to be famous even if it was for burning down one of the wonders of the world.

 

The same night that temple was destroyed, Alexander the Great was born prompted some to believe that the goddess Artemis was too busy with his delivery to save her own temple. In 323 B.C., after Alexander the Great’s death the temple was in fact rebuilt, however, in 262 A.D. it was destroyed once again this time by the Goths. In 1869, the site of the temple was discovered however, all that remained was a single column.

 

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