The Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos (Synkrisis) by Guy MacLean Rogers

Author:Guy MacLean Rogers [Rogers, Guy MacLean]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Reconstructed Ionic column from the “later” Artemision (second half of the fourth century B.C. into the third century A.D.), which was destroyed and then plundered by Goths in A.D. 262.

In the post-9/11 world, it hardly needs to be emphasized how the destruction and desecration of the iconic physical structure of a great city, not to mention other private and public structures, can have profound psychological and spiritual effects upon people.144 Like New Yorkers on 12 September 2001, Ephesians woke up the day after the destruction of the Artemision and walked through the rubble-filled streets of a city whose signature monument had been destroyed. The decisions and choices made by the survivors after such blows—how to account for what had happened, who to hold responsible, whether to rebuild—are at least as significant for understanding short, medium, and longterm historical change as the events themselves. Unlike Venice’s famous Campanile di San Marco, which collapsed in 1902, Artemis’s home had not come down like a gentleman, and the council of Ephesos never rebuilt the Artemision where it was, as it was (com’era, dov’era), as the Venetians rebuilt their bell tower.145

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