Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-07

pow sE tALrLutL over utG ell, eeI IL anu
hell Ephesus liked her because IL
prayers 10 Diana were generally grant
ed. When she failed 10 answer. the ma
iives tried Christianity, which yielded
better results.
The Renowned Temple.
To give the statue OF Diana, which
was something Of a miracle worker. the
prominence il deserved. the Ephesians
resolved 10 erect gorgeous Temple
wherein the goddess could be safely
placed. So they planned and carried
forward al imposing pile which was
completed durin. the reign OF Servius
Tullius. ~ b. C. This temple was de-
slroyed by fre. A second one. surpass.
ing in size and splendor the first. was
begun thirty years after the original
was leveled. This was partially burned
soon after It's completion. and on the
notable day Socrates was poisoned. l,
was restored with a grandeur surpasS,
ing anything previously expended upon
IT, Then for & third time fre razed il
to the ground. This confiaCTa:ion o..
CURED on the night OF the birth Of Al.
exander the Great. $50 B. c. The in
cend.a-y was E-as;-atuS. q puBlic.st
who confessed the deed and said The
reason was 10 gain immortality. de
was promptly executed. Its resrora
ton was not allowed TO s!umbe-. on
even grander lines was il 10 be reared
eXcell.ng anything ever attempted by
man. To its rebuilding the pagan wo-lt
contributed most generously.
The site had a mUrass and required
al enormous foundation for the super
structure. This was so extensive tina
it needed as much money for ,he build
ing below ground as fo- that above
The building was 425 feet long. 22U fee
broad. and its roof supported ny u,
columns Of Parian marble. each piliai
being "a feet high and weighing 81,
tons and each the gift OF a king. With
in the temple was 30 large that 1000
r persons could be accommodated stand
ing White marble was used for III,
temple al the approaches. In its orna
mentatiOn cedar. cypress. different col
ored marbles and gold were empIoye,
lavishly. So much stone was needed
for the building that all the quarrie.
were exhausted for miles around tn.
city. AL told it was 90 years In build
ing. the interior was magnificent,
adorned.
When Xerxes. the Persian King. over
ran Asia Minor he laid waste ever,
idol temple except that which sheltere,
Diana al Ephesus. be was so great,
impressed with its noble architecrur
and its magnitude that he ordered I
spared He. however. carried OF mucl
OF the treasure he found inside. u
spared the figured goddess
The c!ty. hcweve-. which had S-ow,
great by the millions OF pilgrims a,
tracted 10 il by the statue Of Diana
was captured and sacked by the Goth
262 A D.. and the great temple de
s-royed. From this on Ephesus decline
until il was a mere collection OF huts
and has long since disappeared frun
view Even it's site was for long
my try. but explorations made recent
7 iy have unearthed It's whereabouts. No
only the city. but the remains OF III
great temple have been found ~ fee
below the present surface. pieces O
which can now be seen in the BIRTHS
museum.
Its Christian Epoch.
Ephesus. after the destruction OF th
temple. gave up idOlatry for Christian
= ity St Paul first preached 10 III
I Ephesians and S.. Mark and St Jon
co-Operaied with him and with woI
derful success. Three Christia
churches were erected by these apostle