The Temple of Diana

Our next adventure continues pretty close to our last Wonder. Up next is the giant, marble temple of Diana. The temple was erected probably around 550 B.C. The tempe stood in Ephesus, a past day Greek land county, but now is found in present day Turkey. The temple was all made out of marble except the thatched roof. If one was to travel to Turkey and visit the site, they would find a handful of pillars that are still standing, and the large rectangular basis of the temple. The temple was made for one goddess in particular, Diana, or better known as the Hunting goddess Artemis. In Roman mythology, they believed in all of the same gods and goddess that the Greeks did. But since they didn't want to copy the Greek way, they changed the names of all thier gods around. So here is the list of Greek to Roman God and Goddess', Zeus was Jupiter, Hera was Juno, Posiedon was Neptune, Hades was Pluto, Demeter was Ceres, and Hestia was Vesta. In his children's order, Apollo was Apollo, Artemis was Diana, Aries was Mars, Hephasteus was Vulcan, Aphrodite was Venus, Athena was Minerva, Dionysus was Bacchus, and Hermes was Mercury. All of the Romans paid tribute to their gods and goddess by offering them many sacrifices and gifts, just like the Greeks and Egyptians.I want all of you to take a look inside the ancient colosseum of Rome. I want you to relate the history you know on Rome and how this colosseum is very important to Roman history. As we know, Rome was all powerful empire that boomed! Remember, it was the Roman empire that took over the lands that Greece once held. Look:http://dsc.discovery.com/games/colosseum/tour.html In the temple, it was world renouned as a wonder because around the time, war and turbulence was exploding all over the country. The Wonder was that it was able to stand among many wars and stand as a place to practice pagan rituals at this temple. Inside, the temple held over 120 pilars and then, right smack dab in the middle was an average pure golden statue of Diana. All around the golden figure and in a small back room of the temple were tons and tons of offerings and gifts to the goddess. Now, as we know, many of the Gods and Goddess had multiple signs of nature and household uses. Diana was the goddess was of hunting, and more importantly the Moon. In Greek mythology, it was said that Diana's mysticals powers were so strong and important to all Greeks, they believed her to be the most simplest, and purest goddess. Artemis' main mythological home stood in the middle of the woods and was decorated with animals and tons of furs and horns. In one tale, Diana was bathing in the river when a mortal man, meaning someone who couldn't live forever, was caught spying on the beauiful goddess. She transformed him into a deer and let her hunting dogs go after him and eat him. Diana was also a goddess for mythological women known as the Amazons. These women were super strengthed women who could fight for their own and self servient women. They were thought to use the Temple as once their sheltered home and as a place to worship their lead goddess. There is so much that is still to be found on Diana, I'll let this one be a self finding activty. I want to ask you, what other mytological tales was Diana in? Using the worldwide web, find out much more on Diana and report intresting facts on her and the temple. Second, tell me some of the various natural disasters that slightly damaged the temple, and what ultimaltly destroyed the temple? Look at what else Diana stood for and then look at what Artemis stood for in Greek. Report as much information as you can!