What is Temple of Artemis?
[[File:Ac artemisephesus.jpg|thumb|300px|The site of the Temple of Artemis at [[Ephesus]] in Turkey.]] The '''Temple of Artemis''' ({{lang-el|Ἀρτεμίσιον}} or [[Latin]]: ''Artemisium''), was a temple dedicated to the goddess [[Artemis]]. It was also known as the Temple of Diana ([[Diana (mythology)|Diana]] was a Roman goddess). It was completed around [[350 BC]] at [[Ephesus]] (in present-day [[Turkey]]). The area was under the [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid dynasty]] of the [[Persian Empire]], but some of its cities were Greek. Only ruins of the temple remain. It was one of the [[Wonders of the World|Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]. == Location == [[File:ArtemisEphesus.jpg|thumb|upright|18th-century [[engraving]] of a Roman marble copy of a Greek replica of a lost Geometric period ''[[xoanon]]'']] The Temple of Artemis was near the ancient city of [[Ephesus]], about 50&nbsp;km south from the modern port city of [[İzmir]], in Turkey. == Architecture and art == Most of the description of the Temple of Artemis comes from [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]], though there are different accounts that give different sizes. Pliny said the temple was 115 meters long and 55 meters wide. He said it was made almost completely of [[marble]]. It was about three times as big as the [[Parthenon]] by area. The Temple has 127 [[Ionic order|Ionic]]-styled columns. Each is 17.5 meters in height. The Temple of Artemis had many fine artworks. Bronze sculptures by famous Greek [[sculpture|sculptors]] [[Polyclitus (sculptor)|Polyclitus]], [[Pheidias]], [[Cresilas]], and [[Phradmon]] were in the temple. Paintings and gilded columns of gold and silver were also in it. The sculptors often competed at creating the best sculpture. Many of these sculptures were of [[Amazons]], who are said to have founded the city of Ephesus. Pliny said that [[Scopas]], who also worked on the [[Mausoleum of Halicarnassus|Mausoleum of Mausollos]], worked carved reliefs into the temple's columns. [[Athenagoras of Athens]] names [[Endoeus]], a student of