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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were a collection of remarkable constructions listed by various Greek authors, including
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were a collection of remarkable constructions listed by various Greek authors, including
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were a collection of remarkable constructions listed by various Greek authors, including Antipater of Sidon and Philo of Byzantium. The classic list featured seven wonders located in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Egypt accounts for two out of the seven. The first is the Great Pyramid of Giza which was built between 2584 BC and 2561 BC, the only surviving ancient wonder. It is 230.4 metres wide at its base and 146.5 metres tall, and is the largest of three that sit beside the city of Giza, around 12 miles from Cairo. It was the tallest man-made structure for more than 3,800 years, until the completion of Lincoln Cathedral around the year 1300. Next comes the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280BC and 247BC, measured up to 137 metres in height, making it one of the tallest man-made structures in the world for centuries. It was damaged by three earthquakes between 956 and 1323, surviving as a ruin until 1480, when the last of its stones was used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay, which still stands on the site.
In today’s Turkey, we have the site of the Temple of Artemis, which was reckoned by Antipater of Sidon, the Greek poet, to be the finest of the ancient wonders. After being destroyed twice, by floods and arson, the third—and greatest—reconstruction began in 323BC. It survived until 268AD, when it was damaged or destroyed during a Goth raid. The site of the temple was rediscovered in 1869, and fragments of it can be found in the British Museum.
The only ancient wonder whose exact location has not been established is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. While some believe they were purely mythical, other sources suggest they were built by King Nebuchadnezzer II around 600BC. The site may have comprised an ascending series of tiered gardens which resembled a large green mountain rising from the centre of ancient Babylon, near present-day Hillah in Iraq. If the gardens did exist at all, they were destroyed soon after the first century AD.
Greece can never be missed on the list for its great origin in mythology. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, a giant seated representation of the Greek god Zeus, was built by the sculptor Phidias around 435BC in the Temple of Zeus. It consisted of a wooden framework covered with ivory plates and gold panels, while the throne was decorated with ebony, ivory, gold and precious stones. The statue may have been destroyed when the Temple of Zeus was lost to fire in 425. Another one is Colossus of Rhodes. This statue to the Greek god of the sun, Helios, once stood at the entrance to the harbour at Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name. It was built in 280BC to mark victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, but survived for just 54 years, when it was destroyed by an earthquake. It was more than 30 metres tall and made of bronze and iron with a marble base.
The last one is Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Built between 353BC and 350BC, this tomb—for Mausolus, a Persian provincial governor—was 45 metres in height and covered in elaborate reliefs by four different Greek sculptors. It stood at Halicarnassus, near modern-day Bodrum, Turkey, until it was destroyed by successive earthquakes between the 12th and 15th centuries.
[A] was one of the tallest structures for over 3,800 years in human history.
[B] was a Persian provincial governor’s tomb decorated with intricate reliefs
[C] was considered as the best of the seven ancient wonders by Antipater of Sidon.
[D] consisted of a marble base which was covered with bronze and iron.
[E] stood long time ago on the site where the Citadel of Qaitbay stands.
[F] made some people believe that it never existed in human history.
[G] comprised a framework made of wood, a throne and decorations.
The Temple of Artemis
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答案
C
解析
Temple of Artemis出现在第三段。该段首句讲到,在今天的土耳其保存有耳忒弥斯神庙遗址,来自西顿的希腊诗人安提帕特将其称为最美轮美奂的古代奇观。C中的the best of the seven ancient wonders是文中the finest of the ancient wonders的同义转述,Antipater of Sidon是文中的原词复现,故确定C为本题答案。
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