Ephesus

E50337
ancient city archaeological site

Ephesus was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Asia Minor, famed for its grand Temple of Artemis and its significance as an early center of Christianity.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Ephesus canonical 78
Ephesus (ancient city in present-day Turkey) 1
Ephesus (hypothesized) 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Artemis ⓘ
Diana ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Christianity ⓘ
Greek polytheism ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
councilHeld Council of Ephesus ⓘ
councilHeldYear 431 ⓘ
countryToday Turkey ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
Byzantine ⓘ
Roman ⓘ
declineCause Arab raids ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
harbor silting up ⓘ
foundedBy Greek colonists ⓘ
hasStructure Church of Mary ⓘ
Great Theatre of Ephesus ⓘ
Library of Celsus ⓘ
Odeon ⓘ
St. John’s Basilica ⓘ
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Artemis

agora ⓘ
harbor baths ⓘ
terrace houses ⓘ
hasWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
knownFor Library of Celsus ⓘ
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Artemis

early Christian community ⓘ
harbor city ⓘ
large theatre ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedInRegion Ionia ⓘ
locatedNear Aegean Sea ⓘ
Cayster River ⓘ
locatedNearPresentDay Selçuk ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
modernUse archaeological research site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman province of Asia ⓘ
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
surface form: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (via Temple of Artemis)
peakPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Roman Imperial period
religiousSignificance important early Christian center ⓘ
major center of Artemis worship ⓘ
roleInChristianity location of one of the Seven Churches of Asia ⓘ
site of an early Christian community ⓘ
site of the Council of Ephesus ⓘ
statusInRomanEmpire capital of the Roman province of Asia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2015 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ
visitedBy Apostle John ⓘ
surface form: John the Apostle

Apostle Paul ⓘ
surface form: Paul the Apostle

Timothy ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Ephesus → location → Ephesus ⓘ
Apostle John → traditionallyDiedIn → Ephesus ⓘ
Apostle John → associatedPlace → Ephesus ⓘ
Asia Minor → containedCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Izmir → nearAncientCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Heraclitus → birthPlace → Ephesus ⓘ
Heraclitus → deathPlace → Ephesus ⓘ
Artemis → majorSanctuary → Ephesus ⓘ
Nestorianism → controversyLocation → Ephesus ⓘ
Ionia → majorCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Teos → nearbyAncientCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Saint Timothy → associatedWith → Ephesus ⓘ
Saint Timothy → deathPlace → Ephesus ⓘ
Roman navy → garrisonedAt → Ephesus ⓘ
Diocletian's price edict → archaeologicalEvidenceFoundIn → Ephesus ⓘ
Classical Greece → hasMajorCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Johannine community → geographicalContext → Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ephesus (hypothesized)
Third Ecumenical Council → location → Ephesus ⓘ
Third Ecumenical Council → city → Ephesus ⓘ
First Epistle to Timothy → settingTraditionallyAssociatedWith → Ephesus ⓘ
Second Council of Ephesus → location → Ephesus ⓘ
Delian League → member → Ephesus ⓘ
Aegean Region → containsArchaeologicalSite → Ephesus ⓘ
Aegean Region → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Ephesus ⓘ
Anatolia → containsAncientCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Saint John → traditionallyBelievedToHaveDiedIn → Ephesus ⓘ
Saint John → associatedPlace → Ephesus ⓘ
Ionian Greek → centeredIn → Ephesus ⓘ
the Obscure → refersToPersonFrom → Ephesus ⓘ
Turkish Riviera → hasAttraction → Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ephesus (nearby attraction)
Second Syrian War → involves → Ephesus ⓘ
Colophon → near → Ephesus ⓘ
Roman province of Asia → capital → Ephesus ⓘ
Roman province of Asia → majorCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Roman province of Asia → hasSevenChurchesOfAsia → Ephesus ⓘ
Dialogue with Trypho → setting → Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ephesus (traditional attribution)
Asian Turkey → containsSite → Ephesus ⓘ
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus → locatedIn → Ephesus ⓘ
John the Divine → writesTo → Ephesus ⓘ
Ionian League → hasMember → Ephesus ⓘ
Ionians → associatedWithCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Ephesus, Georgia → isNamedAfter → Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ephesus (ancient city in present-day Turkey)
John son of Zebedee → patronage → Ephesus ⓘ
John son of Zebedee → traditionalPlaceOfMinistry → Ephesus ⓘ
Anatolian coast → includesAncientCity → Ephesus ⓘ
İzmir Province → hasHeritageSite → Ephesus ⓘ
İzmir Province → hasAncientCity → Ephesus ⓘ
Sardis → connectedTo → Ephesus ⓘ
the elder → associatedWith → Ephesus ⓘ
Arsinoe IV → placeOfDeath → Ephesus ⓘ