The Seven wonders of the world, with their associations in art and history (1878)
London ; New York : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 204
first preached the Chris-tian faith in the metropolis of Asia. The exclamationwas a natural one ; for this city held the pre-eminenceover all others in which the worship of Diana wasconducted. Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor, thirty-eight milessouth-soutli-east of Smyrna, was anciently one of themost… … TEMPLE OF DIANA. TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS. 177 prodigal in tlieir epithets describing its glory and ex-cellence. \gtrabo tells us it is one of the best and mostglorious cities, and the great emporium of Asia Minor,while another distinguishes it as one of the eyes ofAsia. Sic transit gloria mundi;…
Seven Wonders of the World · Architecture, Ancient
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