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Falkener, Edward
Ephesus and the temple of Diana — London, 1862

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196 TEMPLE OF DIANA.

brated temple) by the Alpheus, and the Hanging
Gardens (of Babylon) and the Colossus of the Sun,
and the great labours of the lofty Pyramids, and.
the ancient monument of Mausolus. But when I
beheld the Temple of Diana running up to the
clouds, all these were obscured; and if the sun has
seen, it has never beheld anything- of such a kind,
except Olympus." x Solinus says it Avas spared by
Xerxes, only on account of its magnificence.3 It
appears from an ancient epigram that it was called
the Parthenon, for the same reason as the Temple
of Minerva at Athens.3 Though Ephesus never
ranked as one of the principal oracles, there are
circumstances which might induce us to suppose it
was sometimes esteemed as such, viz., the presents
which Croesus sent to the Temple of Diana, in
common with the principal oracles then in ex-
istence ;'4 the fact that it is expressly called an
oracle in the story of the original foundation of
the city, and the order given by the.oracle on the
occasion of the intended foundation of Massilia by
the Phocians, to consult Diana of Ephesus.5

1 Greek Anthology, Eton Collect, lvi. ; Enrges, p. 107.

2 Solinus, ut nqn-at,. 3 Petr. Fabr. Liber Sernest. Tert. p. 54.
4 Herod, i. 02. 5 See Part II. Ch. V.
 
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