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Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Priapus, the god of gardens and vineyards, who might also be considered a fertility god, in Greek mythology. Priapus was the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite....
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Oneirocritica by Artemidorus Ephesius was a book about interpretation of dreams written by Artemidorus of Ephesus in the second century AD. There are five volumes of...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Apelles was one of the most famous painters of his time. He was born in the city of Colophon in the fourth century BC. Colophon...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Artemidorus Ephesius of Ephesus was a philosopher or better to be called a fortuneteller from Ephesus. He lived around the second century AD. His masterpiece of...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes I complied a list of the ”Top 5 Important Archaeological Discoveries of 2020 in Turkey” for you. I hope you will have a chance to visit...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute ”The Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes” which was one of the most famous books of the ancient times. It was written by Xenophon of Ephesus....
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Paeonius of Ephesus was a local of Ephesus who lived between 420 and 380 BC. Paeonius was one of the greatest architects of his time. Chersiphron...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Sacred flame of the goddess Hestia was kept in the Prytaneion of Ephesus ancient city. The first archeological excavations in Ephesus started in 1863. The Grand...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Roots of Gladiators The early gladiators were criminals sentenced to death for their crimes. These people were taken to the arena or the theater for their...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Rufus the doctor was an Ephesian Greek who was born during the era of Emperor Trajan. Rufus was a follower of the famous physician Hippocrates and...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Ephesus’ name comes from the word ‘Apis’, which means bee. There are two entrances of Ephesus known as the upper gate of Ephesus and the lower...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Hermione of Ephesus was not born in ancient Ephesus city. We know this since she was known to arrive to Asia Minor then to Ephesus looking...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The Mazeus and Mithridates Gate in Ephesus is dated to year 4 AD during the Emperor Augustus period thanks to its inscriptions with almost all of...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Polycrates of Ephesus was one of the earliest bishops of Ephesus. He served to Christian Ephesians between 130 and 196. He personally knew Polycarp of...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Menecrates of Ephesus was a famous poet from Ephesus. He studied the well known poem of Hesiod called ”Works and days” and improved it. He added...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Ephesus was renamed as Arsineia for a short while by Lysimachus who was a general of Alexander the Great. The City was named Ephesus again after...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Maximus the Magician from Ephesus was the leading advisor and magician of Emperor Julian (331 – 363). Maximus was born to a wealth family in Ephesus...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Memnon of Ephesus was the bishop of Ephesus during one of the most important Christian era events of the city which was the third ecumenical council...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Evenor who was another painter from Ephesus was the father of Parrhasius. Parrhasius of Ephesus did not fall far from the three and became a painter himself...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Original article was taken from Turkish Christians blog and translated from Turkish into English. There are many Christian and non-Muslim communities living in Turkey. Armenians, Assyrians,...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Some mysterious spells that have survived even to our day are known as Ephesia Grammata. These words, which even the ancient Greeks had trouble deciphering, were...
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Emperor Hadrian, full name ”Caesar Traianus Hadrianus”, was born in 76 AD. He came from a Roman family who moved to Spain. His parents were from...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Dinocrates the Architect of the second Artemis Temple was born on the island of Rhodes in the fourth century BC. He became an architect and later...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Zenodotus of Ephesus was a native of Ephesus who was born in the 3rd century BC during the time when Ephesus was being ruled by Ptolemaic...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute The Battle of Notium is also known as the Battle of Ephesus. This naval war took place in 406 BC. 90 Spartan ships clashed with 80...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The famous term known as “herostratic fame” comes from the incident related to Herostratus who was the arsonist burned the temple of Artemis in Ephesus. World...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Magic in ancient Ephesus and Asia Minor was a common practice. Actually a type of magic class was named after Ephesus as ”Ephesia Grammata”. Scrolls with...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Alexander Lychnus of Ephesus was a poet. He was born in Ephesus around the first century BC. Strabo, the famous geographer, philosopher, and historian from Anatolia,...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The Roman Empire, which ruled Ephesus from 133 BCE to the 5th century CE, was known for its grandeur, military prowess, and, of course, its love...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was burned down by Herostratus on the same night when Alexander the Great was born. Ephesus of Asia Minor was...
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