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Herostratus (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόστρατος) was a 4th-century BC Greek, accused of seeking notoriety as an arsonist by destroying the second Temple of Artemis in Ephesus (on the outskirts of present-day Selçuk), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Herostratus is a 1967 British experimental psychological drama film directed and produced by Don Levy, with the assistance of James Quinn. The film follows a young poet named Max (Michael Gothard), who out of ennui and a desire for fame arranges with the marketer Farson (Peter Stephens) to commit suicide in public.
Sep 26, 2023 · Unfortunately, the wonder was destroyed in a fire that was started deliberately by a disgruntled citizen named Herostratus. Herostratus, presumably a nobody, wanted to leave his mark on history.
Jul 21, 2021 · On July 21, 356 BC, Herostratus, in an attempt to immortalise his name, set fire to the to the wooden roof -beams of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. For this outrage, the Ephesians sentenced Herostratus to death and forbade anyone from mentioning his name.
Feb 24, 2017 · Our sources say that his name was Herostratus, namely Aelian, Strabo, and Solinus. Valerius Maximus does not refer to him directly by name, but mentions that Theopompus included the arsonist's name in his history in violation of the Ephesians' damnatio (actually Valerius Maximus refers to it as "decreto memoriam abolendo").
…burned by a madman named Herostratus in 356 bce. The Artemesium was famous not only for its great size, over 350 by 180 feet (about 110 by 55 metres), but also for the magnificent works of art that adorned it.
This version of the temple was destroyed in 356 BC by an arsonist, commonly thought to have been a madman named Herostratus. The next, greatest, and last form of the temple, funded by the Ephesians themselves, is described in Antipater of Sidon's list of the world's Seven Wonders:
Herostratus was a 4th-century BC Greek, accused of seeking notoriety as an arsonist by destroying the second Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Temple of Artemis, temple at Ephesus, now in western Turkey, that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The great temple was built by Croesus, king of Lydia, about 550 bce and was rebuilt after being burned by a madman named Herostratus in 356 bce.
Oct 5, 2023 · Herostratus (Public domain) On 21 July 356 BCE, a man by the name of Herostratus set out with a strange goal. He wanted to start the largest fire in history. He stole into the Temple of Artemis...
