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Temple of Artemis

American  

noun

  1. the temple at Ephesus dedicated to Artemis.


Temple of Artemis British  

noun

  1. the large temple at Ephesus, on the W coast of Asia Minor: one of the Seven Wonders of the World

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The city’s now-vanished Temple of Artemis was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2015

To the south, near Izmir, tour guides jockey for position at the ruins of Ephesus, where the main attraction is the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

From Time Magazine Archive

That night, when all were asleep, Saronia stood looking again towards the great Temple of Artemis.

From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard

Hush! the bee-wardens are here: they will quickly the Temple of Artemis open.

From The Frogs by Aristophanes

A trierarch who thought the burden too heavy for him could appeal against it by laying a branch on the altar in the Pnyx, or by taking sanctuary in the Temple of Artemis at Munychia.

From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 by Pickard, Arthur Wallace