Ephesus

Ephesus ( ; ; ; may ultimately derive from ) was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, a city-state that was also the capital of Arzawa, by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era, it was one of twelve cities that were members of the Ionian League. The city came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.

temple in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma of the Catholic Church

ecumenical council in Ephesus in June–July 431, convened by Emperor Theodosius II

library constructed over the burial of the Roman senator Ti. Iulius Celsus Polemaeanus in Ephesus

Catholic and Muslim shrine located on Mt. Koressos

Christian synod in 449 CE

ancient Roman play by Plautus

thumb|right|150px| Detail of a miniature of Thamyris (Timarete) painting her picture of the goddess Diana, N. France,(Rouen) 15th century . Timarete () (or Thamyris, Tamaris, Thamar; 5th century BC), was an ancient Greek painter.

church building located on the Ayasoluk by Ephesus

Şirince (), also known as Kirkintzes (), is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 456 (2022). It is about east of the town Selçuk and about 8 kilometres from Ephesus. The area around the village has history dating back to Hellenistic period (323–31 BC). Pottery finds made around the village between 2001 and 2002 by Ersoy and Gurler indicate the presence of seven villages and nine farmsteads in the area dating back to ancient and medieval times. On the road up you will see the remains of several Roman aqueducts as the village was a

thumb|150px|Model of the Temple of Artemis at [[Ephesus]] Chersiphron (; ; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek architect from Knossos in ancient Crete who designed the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The original temple was destroyed in the 7th century BC, and about 550 BC Chersiphron and his son Metagenes began a new temple, the Artemision, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in each of its three manifestations. It was burned by Herostratus in July 356 BC and rebuilt again.

museum in Selçuk District

very large church complex and adjoining buildings in Ephesus

vacant ecclesiastical diocese in Anatolia

thumb | right | alt=Side view of a reconstructed model of the Metagenes method for moving heavy stones. Ancient Beit Shean, Scythopolis | Side view of a reconstructed model of the Metagenes method for moving heavy stones. Ancient Beit Shean, Scythopolis Metagenes () was a man in ancient Crete, son of the Greek Cretan architect Chersiphron, and was also an architect himself.

ancient Greek novel by Xenophon of Ephesos

Byzantine poet

1147 battle during the Second Crusade

overview about the authorship of the Johannine works

Acts of the Apostles, chapter 19

museum in Austria

monument with relief sculpture from the archaeological site of Ephesus

council in Ephesus, 475 CE

event in the New Testament

ancient Greek magical formula from the 5th or 4th century BCE

Olimpie (also spelled Olympie) is an opera in three acts by Gaspare Spontini. The French libretto, by Armand-Michel Dieulafoy and Charles Brifaut, is based on the by Voltaire (1761). Olimpie was first performed on 22 December 1819 by the Paris Opéra at the Salle Montansier. When sung in Italian or German, it is usually given the title Olimpia.

Ancient mound and part of Ephesus UNESCO World Heritage Site

temple constructed on two-storied substructions to the west of the State Agora in Ephesus

metropolitan of Ephesus