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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Encyclopedias
Erostratus
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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An obscure Ephesian, who, to immortalise his name, set fire to the temple of Ephesus on the night, as it happened, when Alexander the Great was born; the Ephesians thought to defeat his purpose by making it death to any one who named his name, but in vain, the decree itself giving wider and wider publicity to the act.
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Erostratus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/erostratus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Erostratus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/erostratus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
