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title: Column Drum from the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5068/column-drum-from-the-temple-of-artemis-ephesus/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Column Drum from the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Column Drum from the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5068.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5068.jpg)

## Image Caption

This is the best preserved of the [column](https://www.worldhistory.org/column/) drums carved in relief. It shows a youthful winged [Thanatos](https://www.worldhistory.org/Thanatos/) ([death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/)), a draped woman, a figure of [Hermes](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hermes/) Psychopompos (leader of souls to the underworld), a standing woman and a seated man identified as [Persephone](https://www.worldhistory.org/persephone/) and Plouton ([Hades](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hades/)), gods of the underworld. The female figure has been tentatively identified as either Alkestis leaving the underworld, or Eurydike, wife of Orpheos. From the south-west corner of the later [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) of [Artemis](https://www.worldhistory.org/artemis/), [Ephesus](https://www.worldhistory.org/ephesos/). Circa 325-300 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2016, May 15). Column Drum from the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5068/column-drum-from-the-temple-of-artemis-ephesus/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Column Drum from the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 15, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5068/column-drum-from-the-temple-of-artemis-ephesus/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Column Drum from the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 May 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5068/column-drum-from-the-temple-of-artemis-ephesus/>.

## License & Copyright

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