The Temple of Artemis

The Temple of Artemis:



We sailed for almost twenty days for around two and a half denarii with many stops for food and rest for the rest of our journey. The Dreadful Whale rocked back and forth, and my master got sick a couple of times, this was good for me though, I got to help him make his map! That was only for a couple of minutes though, and soon we arrived on the shores of Asia Minor. After sailing, we rode on a wagon to Ephesus. We walked through the city streets to take in the scenery, smells, and cuisine. After all the sight seeing we fell asleep at another of Barbillus', the slave master, lavish houses. We woke up and walked to the marvelous site that was the Temple of Artemis, it had wonderful pillars the size of the arm length of both me of my master combined, the building itself was also massive, bigger than even the house of my master. As soon as we walked in, my master documenting, of course, we saw a great statue of a woman, presumably a goddess of some sort, adorned many precious metals such as gold and ebony. While my master stared at the marvels of the outside of the building I wandered around the inside. There were many works of art in there, some with a myth, others with an epic battle. I liked the battle paintings, because the soldiers were awesome, with their massive shields, and their magnificent armor, I was amazed. However, we could not stay in Ephesus forever, and so we had to return to Roma, our home. I was so sad, our journey had been thrilling, and I would never do anything like it again. And so we packed our things and sailed home on a twenty-day journey back to our home.