Antipater of Sidon writes the earliest surviving list of seven wonders
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In an epigram preserved as Greek Anthology 9.58, Antipater names seven marvels he claims to have seen: the walls of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the hanging gardens, the Colossus of Rhodes, the pyramids of Egypt, the tomb of Mausolus and the temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The Lighthouse of Alexandria is absent. The poem reads as the boast of a traveller, not a scholar's catalogue.
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- Antipater of Sidonconcerns
- The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Worldconcerns
- Statue of Zeus at Olympiaconcerns
- Hanging Gardens (of Babylon, or of Nineveh)concerns
- Colossus of Rhodesconcerns
- Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu)concerns
- Mausoleum at Halicarnassusconcerns
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (the Artemision)concerns
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