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Monuments reported by ancient authors (5)

Seven Wonders of the world

Sanctuary of Ephesian Artemis

It was not by the Amazons that the sanctuary was founded, but by Coresus, an aboriginal, and Ephesus, who is thought to have been a son of the river Cayster. There were some people who dwelt around the sanctuary for the sake of its protection, and these included some women of the race of the Amazons.

After the burning of the temple by Herostratus, the Ionian cities with the architect Denostratus, rebuilt a new temple four times larger than Parthenon.

Ancient sanctuaries

Olympieum

Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Ephesus.

Ancient tombs

Tomb of Androclus

Androclus was killed in the battle. The Ephesians carried off his body and buried it in their own land, at the spot where his tomb is pointed out at the present day, on the road leading from the sanctuary past the Olympieum to the Magnesian gate. On the tomb is a statue of an armed man.

Ancient statues

Statue of Nyx

her statue was placed in the temple of that goddess at Ephesus ( Praef.; Serv. ad Verg. Aen.vi. 250; Tibull. iii. 4, 17; Verg. Aen.v. 721, etc.).

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