Yes, the Greeks built many temples honoring the goddess Artemis. The most famous one is the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus. It's one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
I believe it was built to honor Artemis.
She did. It was the Temple of Artemis.
The Greeks built a temple to honor the goddess Athena.
To honor Artemis, the Greek goddess of the Hunt and the moon.
The most famous temple of Artemis was at Ephesus, and is considered on of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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There were many temples to Artemis, goddess of the hunt: they existed throughout the Greek region.
The Romans built temples and shrines (sacraria) in honour to the gods. They also built the Pantheon which was a temple to honor all the gods.
Somewhat. Both are celestial virgin figures that people look to for divine help. Some Artemis art affected depictions of the Virgin Mary. There are more differences though: Artemis is a greek goddess. Mary is a human. Greeks worshiped Artemis. Although some Christians pray to Mary for help and honor her greatly, they do not worship her.
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According to the Callimachus Hymn to Artemis, the goddess Artemis rarely goes to cities. She prefers to stay in the wild and spend her time hunting. The only reason she would visit cities was to help women in childbirth. So it is unlikely that Artemis would have a favorite city. However, she is the patron of Sparta, and Ephesus and a huge temple in her honor.
A ziggurat is a temple or a place of worship, so I assume they made the ziggurat as a place to honor the gods they believed in.