The world's first terrorist.. Herostratus burned one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World in the city of Ephesus, was completed in the year 550 before Jesus.
Compiled from the seven wonders of the world, Sidon's Antipader described the temple as follows.
Above the haughty Babylon I saw the wall for the roads of war and the Zeus statue in Alpheus and the hanging gardens, and the enormous workmanship of the colossus of the sun and the high pyramids and the vast tomb of Mausolos; but when I saw Artemis' house built on the clouds, all the other wonders lost their brightness and I said, "Here!" Apart from Olimpus, the Sun never looked at anything so great (Antipater, Greek Antology ).
Byzantine Philon wrote the following for the temple:
I saw the mighty workmanship of the Kadim Babylonians and the tomb of Mausoleus. But when I saw the temple in Ephesus rising to the clouds, all the others were in the shadows.
There was only one reason Herostratus burned the temple. Fame. Herostratus wanted the name not to be forgotten forever.
It is reported that Herostratus used these sentences while he was on trial:![efes.jpg]
"I am Herostratus. I burned the Temple of Artemis. My name will be remembered during the ages, but you are the chief judge of Kleon, the city of Ephesus. Who will remember you?
No, you will be remembered for judging me. "
