- Ephesus
- geographical name ancient city W Asia Minor in Ionia near Aegean coast; site SSE of Izmir • Ephesian adjective or noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Ephesus
Look at other dictionaries:
Ephesus — • A titular archiespiscopal see in Asia Minor, said to have been founded in the eleventh century B.C. by Androcles, son of the Athenian King Codrus, with the aid of Ionian colonists Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ephesus Eph … Catholic encyclopedia
EPHESUS — EPHESUS, Greek city on the W. coast of Asia Minor, at the mouth of the River Cayster. Ephesus had an important Jewish community in the first century and its beginning apparently goes back to the early Hellenistic era. Information about it is… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ephesus — Ephesus, GA U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 388 Housing Units (2000): 170 Land area (2000): 3.033525 sq. miles (7.856793 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.033525 sq. miles (7.856793 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Ephesus, GA — U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 388 Housing Units (2000): 170 Land area (2000): 3.033525 sq. miles (7.856793 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.033525 sq. miles (7.856793 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
EPHESUS — urbs Ioniae, Emporium totius Asiae citer. celeberrimum, Amazonum opus, quemadmodum et Iustin. scribit l. 2. c. 4. et Plin. retulit. l. 5. c. 29. Haec civitas loco cavo olim habitata diluvium passa est, quo cum plurimi exstincti essent, Lysimachus … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Ephesus — Ephĕsus (grch. Ephĕsos), im Altertum eine der ion. Zwölfstädte an der Westküste Kleinasiens, unweit der Mündung des Kaystros, bedeutende Handelsstadt mit berühmtem Artemistempel (Artemision, von Herostratos 356 angezündet); 431 fand das dritte… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Ephesus — Ephesus, die Hauptstadt in Ionien, im alten Griechenland, war der Sage nach von Amazonen erbaut worden. Hier stand der berühmte Tempel der Artemis (Diana) und eine große Menge von Prachtgebäuden. – Jener weltberühmte Tempel brannte 400 Jahre vor… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Ephesus — Ephesus, uralte Stadt in Kleinasien, später durch jonische Einwanderer aus Athen unter Androklus, dem Sohne des Kodrus, besetzt, theilte die Schicksale der kleinasiatischen Griechen, war aber noch unter röm. Herrschaft eine wohlbevölkerte und… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Ephesus — Greek city in ancient Asia Minor, center of worship for Artemis, Gk. Ephesos, traditionally derived from ephoros “overseer,” in reference to its religious significance, but this might be folk etymology … Etymology dictionary
Ephesus — [ef′i səs] ancient Greek city in W Asia Minor, near what is now Izmir, Turkey: site of a large temple of Artemis ( c. 550 B.C. A.D. 260) … English World dictionary
Ephesus — Infobox Settlement official name = Ephesus (Polytonic|Ἔφεσος) other name = (Efes) native name = Ancient City of Anatolia imagesize = 280px image caption = The Celsus LibraryLocation map Turkey label=Ephesus label size=100 lat=37.939722… … Wikipedia
