Marina Toporishcheva

Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed it to the Amazons. In the 7th century BC, it was destroyed by a flood. Its reconstruction, in more grandiose form, began around 550 BC, under Chersiphron, the Cretan architect, and his son Metagenes. The project was funded by Croesus of Lydia, and took 10 years to complete.

The project was funded by Croesus of Lydia, and took 10 years to complete.

This version of the temple was destroyed in 356 BC by Herostratus in an act of arson.

The earliest version of the temple (a Bronze Age temenos) antedated the Ionic immigration by many years.

The earliest version of the temple (a Bronze Age temenos) antedated the Ionic immigration by many years. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed it to the Amazons. In the 7th century BC, it was destroyed by a flood. Its reconstruction, in more grandiose form, began around 550 BC, under Chersiphron, the Cretan architect, and his son Metagenes. The project was funded by Croesus of Lydia, and took 10 years to complete.

The Temple of Artemis or Artemision (Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον; Turkish: Artemis Tapınağı), also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis (associated with Diana, a Roman goddess). It was located in Ephesus (near the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey). By 401 AD it had been ruined or destroyed. Only foundations and fragments of the last temple remain at the site.

By 401 AD it had been ruined or destroyed. Only foundations and fragments of the last temple remain at the site.

The earliest version of the temple (a Bronze Age temenos) antedated the Ionic immigration by many years. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed it to the Amazons. In the 7th century BC, it was destroyed by a flood. Its reconstruction, in more grandiose form, began around 550 BC, under Chersiphron, the Cretan architect, and his son Metagenes. The project was funded by Croesus of Lydia, and took 10 years to complete. This version of the temple was destroyed in 356 BC by Herostratus in an act of arson.

This version of the temple was destroyed in 356 BC by Herostratus in an act of arson.

The building of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre is the well-deserved symbol and pride

of the Siberia region.

The building of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre is the well-deserved symbol and pride

of the Siberia region.

The ballet repertoire consists mostly of the classics: Giselle, The Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker.

The ballet repertoire consists mostly of the classics: Giselle, The Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker. The same goes for the opera repertoire, which includes Carmen, The Queen of Spades, Eugene Onegin, Boris Godunov, etc.

The ballet repertoire consists mostly of the classics: Giselle, The Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker. The same goes for the opera repertoire, which includes Carmen, The Queen of Spades, Eugene Onegin, Boris Godunov, etc.