Herostratus 1
Herostratus 1 : Herostratus (Greek ??????????) was an arsonist. On July 21, 356 BC, seeking notoriety, he burned down the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in ancient Greece (now Turkey). The temple was constructed of marble and was built by King Croesus of Lydia to replace an older site destroyed during a flood, and it honoured a local goddess, conflated by the Greeks with Artemis, their goddess of the hunt, the wild, and childbirth. Measuring 130 metres long (426. 5 feet) and supported by columns 18 metres high (60 feet), it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. His name has become a metonym for someone who commits a criminal act in order to become famous
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