Editing Ephesus (section)

====Greek migration====
[[File:Templo-Artemisa-Efeso-2017.jpg|thumb|Site of the [[Temple of Artemis]] in the town of [[Selçuk]], near Ephesus.]]
Ephesus was founded as an Attic-Ionian colony in the 10th century BC on a hill (now known as the Ayasuluk Hill), three kilometers ({{convert|3|km|abbr=off|disp=output only}}) from the centre of ancient Ephesus (as attested by excavations at the [[Seljuk dynasty|Seljuk]] castle during the 1990s). The mythical founder of the city was a prince of [[Athens]] named [[Androklos]], who had to leave his country after the death of his father, King Kodros. According to the legend, he founded Ephesus on the place where the oracle of [[Delphi]] became reality ("A fish and a boar will show you the way"). He was a successful warrior, and as a king he was able to join the twelve cities of [[Ionia]] together into the [[Ionian League]]. During his reign the city began to prosper. He died in a battle against the [[Caria]]ns when he came to the aid of [[Priene]], another city of the Ionian League.<ref name="Pausanias">{{cite book | title=Description of Greece| last=Pausanias| year=1965| pages=7.2.8–9| publisher=Loeb Classical Library| location=New York}}</ref> Androklos and his dog are depicted on the Hadrian temple frieze, dating from the 2nd century. Later, Greek historians such as [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [[Strabo]] and [[Herodotos]] and the poet Kallinos reassigned the city's mythological foundation to [[Ephos]], queen of the [[Amazons]].

The Greek goddess [[Artemis]] and the great Anatolian goddess [[Kybele]] were identified together as ''Artemis of Ephesus''. The many-breasted "Lady of Ephesus", identified with Artemis, was venerated in the [[Temple of Artemis]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World|Seven Wonders of the World]] and the largest building of the ancient world according to Pausanias (4.31.8). Pausanias mentions that the temple was built by Ephesus, son of the river god [[Caystrus]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1133.html |title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology |publisher=Ancientlibrary.com |access-date=2009-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621092916/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1133.html |archive-date=2009-06-21 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> before the arrival of the Ionians. Of this structure, scarcely a trace remains.

Ancient sources seem to indicate that an older name of the place was '''Alope''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀλόπη|Alópē}}).<ref>{{Cite Pauly|I,2|1595|1596|Alope 5|[[Johannes Toepffer]]|RE:Alope 5|}}</ref>