Which of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World was dedicated to the daughter of Zeus the twin sister of Apollo?

Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo, Artemis was a patron of girls and young women, and a protectress during childbirth. Artemis was widely worshipped but her most famous cult site was the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.



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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus The Temple of Artemis or Artemision (Greek: ??teµ?s???), also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus (the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey).

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The temple, a 20-meter-high columned hall, had a roof made of marble panels. Inside its walls resided the statue of Zeus, acknowledged today as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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These ancient wonders are Colossus of Rhodes, Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and Lighthouse of Alexandria.

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In 391 AD, with the rise of Christianity, the Romans banned the Olympic Games and closed down the Greek temples. The statue of Zeus was subsequently transferred to Constantinople. In 462 AD, a fire destroyed the palace where the statue was located, causing it to be permanently lost.

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