Artemision

Japanese: Artemision
Artemision

…In the Peloponnesian War, the Greeks sided with Athens, but were defeated by Sparta in 412 B.C. The worship of Artemis, the mother goddess with many breasts, had been popular since ancient times, and in the mid-6th century B.C., a large Ionic double-peristyle temple, Artemision, was built. Its 127 columns are said to have been donated by the Lydian king Croesus. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Artemision" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ペロポネソス戦争ではアテナイに味方したが,前412年スパルタに屈す。古くから多くの乳房をもつ母神アルテミスの崇拝が盛んで,前6世紀中ごろには大規模なイオニア式の二重周柱神殿アルテミシオンArtemisionが建てられた。その127本の円柱の費用は,リュディア王クロイソスが寄進したといわれる。…

※「Artemision」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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