Artemis Ephesia

In ancient antiquity, Ephesus was a very diverse and prosperous city. City life and the workplace were always booming. Education was always at an all-time high. Out of Ephesus came great philosophers, architects, painters, musicians and doctors. Ephesus was known as being a center for education, social matters, and religion. The Ephesians attributed all of this to one being, as shown by this quote: “In such prosperous times, it was not difficult for its citizens …

…F. Price. Price has his own reason for Artemis surviving through the changing times. He states that Artemis lived on because of the fact that she was: “…honored in her own city which she has made more famous than all other cities through her own divinity, but also by Greeks and foreigners; everywhere shrines and sanctuaries of her have been dedicated, temples founded and altars erected to her because of her vivid manifestations.” (Price, 130-1)