The sacred site at Ephesus was far older than the Artemision. Pausanias understood the shrine of Artemis there to be very ancient. He states with certainty that it antedated the Ionic Immigration by many years, being older even than the oracular shrine of Apollo at Didyma. He said that the pre-Ionic inhabitants of the city were Leleges and Lydians. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed the origin of the temenos at Ephesus to the Amazons, whose worship he imagines already centered upon an image.
In truth, we do not know, save that they probably built it during the Bronze Age.
The Temple of Artemis was built as a place to worship the goddess Artemis.
I believe it was built to honor Artemis.
The Temple of Artemis was supposedly the first Greek temple built of marble.
For worshipping Artemis, of course.
She did. It was the Temple of Artemis.
To worship and glorify Artemis.
The temple of artemmis was built in Greece
For Artemis.
A temple was built for her.
The temple of Artemis was built so the ancient Greeks had a place to worship the goddess Artemis.
To worship Artemis, the goddess. That is what temples are for.
The Temple of Artemis was built around 550 BC at Ephesus. Its modern location is near Selcuk, Izmir Province, Turkey.