TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS AT EPHESUS

The temple of artemis, also known less precisely as Temple of Diana, was a Greek Temple dedicated to a goddess Greks identified as Artemis that was completed, in its most famous phase, around 550 BC at Ephesus. Though the monument was one of the Seven Wonders of The Ancient World, only foundations and sculptural fragments of the temple remain. There were previous temples on its site, where evidenceof a sanctuary dates as early as the Bronze Age. The whole temple was made of marble except for the roof.

The temple antedated the lonic inmigration by many years.The Temple of Artemis was located near the ancient city of Izmir, in Turkey. Today the site lies on the edge of the modern town.

ARCHITECTURE AND ART:

Most of the physical description and art within the Temple of Artemis comes from Pliny though three are different accounts, and the actual size varies.Pliny describes the tempe as 377 feet long and 180 feet wide, made almost entirely of marble, making its area about three times as large as the Parthenon.