Smyrna times., 1858-02-25
miscellaneous Ayfic}qg.
Th5 Seven Wonders Of the W0r.I

d Tbs Seven Wonders OF the W0r.l.
Every one has heard of the seven wonders q
the world, for each new wonder is regularlt
assigned place as the eighth. But the large
; proportion OF our readers, who have forgotten
the classical Instructions Of their youth, viii
tnd their memories refreshed by the follow.
: ing;
lst. The Colossus a Rhodes. It stood on
the two molcs which formed the entrance OF
the har5or, at the city of Rhodes. 1t was COM
posed OF brass, and some estimate ofthc amount
used may be made from the fact that after il
had remained in ruins ~9l wears there renamed
alter the dnlnutioa from rust aud theft. 720
900 pounds. 1t was sold to a Jew of Odessa
and carried away on 900 camels It was hol-
low, and the cavities filled with stones TO coun-
ter0alance It's weight aud render 1t frE, on its
pedtal. Its heIghth was lOJ, feet, md ali YES
seIs could pass between It's legs. There were
fe" persons who could cucompass its thumb
with both arms, and lis fingers were hrrar
than most statutes 1t was the workmaus hin
ol ChareS, who vas employed II ytars in bull
ding 1t. 1t was erected B. e. 800, and after
having stood % years, was broken oil below
Tue knees and thrown down by an earthquake
2nd. The Temple Of Dana at Ephraus.--
| MS surpassed all the structures Of antiquity,
ana the building OF It occupied 220 years 1t
vas 426 feet IN length 220 in breadth, adorAcd
with III columns Gt the Ijnic order, Of Parian
marble, elch 81 feet high, and statue Of the
goddess, supposed to have been sent down rom
heaYen. On the very night Of the birth OF
Alexander the Great, 1t was partially burnt
d"Wn hy lleIasrttus VITO took tie means to I'M
mor'aIze hls name. Cinociatcs was the ar
cA'tnct :" lao supcrlneudt ts'rehuidng. Alex
| ander offered to appropriate his spoIls to It's
restoration, If The Ephtsians would give him
he sole honor, aud have his name placed on
! jhe Temple. They refused, really from ma.
ionai prld", but with the pretencc that it
was not right for one divinity TO erect a temple
to another"
ID. The Labyrinth of Egypt. Ttis in lower
| Egypt, near Lake Morris. According to Her
odotus, 1t consisted of 5000 chambers; 1900
above ground, aud the same number subtcrra-
mean. 1t had SO many intricate windings that
when once IN, it was impossible to get out with
out guide. 1t is said to have been built by
IL kings. All the opinions with reference to
IT'S object appear TO yield in acumen and inpe-
nulty to that OF Glaterer, who supposed it TO
be an architectural symbolic representation Of
the zodiac. and the course of the sun through
The same one halt being above, and the other
below the earth; whilst the 5000 chambers
have symb0lcal reference to the procession
Of the eqnInoXeS.
4th. The Pyramids of Egypt. OF these
there are nearly 100, and they constitute the
most stupendous work of man. The LARGEST
Is the Ghlzeh, near the Nile, which covers ii
acres Of ground and is about 200 feet hiqh. and
Is said to have employed 100000 men thirty
years in building
oh. The Temple Of Jupiter Oympus. 1t
was situated on the river Alpheus, in Elias,
near the spot where the Olympc games were
Celebrated Its height was GS feet breadth
92. and length 800 feet. 1t Was adorned IN
ternally with great variety of statues The
figures of Oympan deity was composed of
ivory and gold, and of such vast proportions
that, though seated, it reached nearly to the |
ceiling, suggesting the idea, that in rising it !
would bear away the roof In the right hand
II grasPed an image OF victory, and in his lott /
sceptre, on which was perchcd an eagle
9th. The walls and hanging gardens of
Babylon. These were built by Semiramis,
were $50 feet high, 81 feet thick, and about
sixty miles in circuit. They were composed of
BRICK baked IN the sun, and cemented with |
bhumen instead OF mortar iThe gardens were
situated III an immense palace built at the .
west end OF the bridge which crossed the Eu- !
pirates. 1t contained u square of 400 feet on |
every side, and was carried up in manner OF |
terraces, one after another, TIL it reached the |
walls of the city. The ascent was from ter
race to terrace by means Of stains ten feet
WIDE. The whole pile was sustained by vast
arches, raised on the other arches. On the
top of the arches fiat stones were first laid then
n great quantity OF reeds and btumen, next |
double row OF bricks, the whole covered with |
thick sheets Of lead. This hooraoc was de. |
signed TO keep the moisture Of the mould from
escaping through the arches The earth laid
thereon was SO deep that large trees could take
ROOT, and with such the garden was covered.
together with plants and shrubs of every de-
scrptlon. On the upper terrace there was Il
pump and engine for drawing water from the
river TO watcrs the garden. Amytis, the wile,I
Of Nubuchadn8zzar, desired souaelhug resem-
bling the hills Of her native Media, and to
crafty her, the king raised this prodigious
structure -
Hh. The Mausoleum. A monumental strilc-
ture reared by Artemisia, in the memory of her
husband aud brother, Mausolus, King Of CARR
Z. 33o! She is said to have been so much
attached TO him tha she mixed his ashes with
water and drank them off. The entire height
OF The mohument was. 1l0 feet, being nearly
square, each side measuring ID feet. 4, 1t E;as
decorated with aperistyle OF 80 columns, a ubuut
20 feet in height. There are no remains aof
tle monument at the present time. ,..'.' y -, "