Miles Gloriosus (play)
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Miles Gloriosus is a comic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus. The title can be translated as "The Swaggering Soldier" or "Vainglorious Soldier". His source for Miles Gloriosus was a Greek play, no
Pyrgopolynices, the titular 'boastful soldier', in a 2012 production of the play
Scene from a 2012 production
Temple of Artemis
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The Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to a localised form of the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus, near modern day Selçuk in Tu
Miles Gloriosus (play)
…Greeks and largely have Greek names, clothing, and customs. The action takes place in Ephesus, a Greek city on the coast of Asia Minor, famous for its Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The play is thought to date from early in Plautus's career, partly because it contains no polymetric…
This model of the Temple of Artemis, at Miniatürk Park, Istanbul, Turkey, attempts to recreate the probable appearance of the third temple.
The site of the temple in 2017
From the 1572 Octo Mundi Miracula, the earliest known representation of the temple in modern times. The engraving was by Martin Heemskerck.
Electrotype of electrum coin from Ephesus, 625–600 BC. Stag grazing right, ΦΑΕΝΟΣ ΕΜΙ ΣΕΜΑ (retrograde, "I am the badge of Phaenos").