The Night Herostratus Destroyed One of the Seven Wonders of the World

<p>On the night of July 21, in 356 BCE, a man named Herostratus took a walk to the Temple of Artemis of Ephesus … and burned it down. "First," he said of his crime, "I was very scared, then it all went away once I imagined the fame I would have … ." In this episode we're shining the spotlight on the ancient Greek who burned one of the Seven Wonders of the World to the ground. </p><p>See <a href="https://omny.fm/listener">omny.fm/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>