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It was built by the Amazons.

On the night it was burnt by Herostratus in July 21, 356 BC. This burning supposedly coincided with the birth of Alexander the Great; Plutarch remarked that Artemis was too preoccupied with Alexander's delivery to save her burning temple.

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