﻿H. 
  A. 
  Newton 
  — 
  The 
  Worship 
  of 
  Meteorites, 
  13 
  

  

  the 
  whole 
  procession, 
  running 
  backwards 
  with 
  the 
  reins 
  in 
  his 
  

   hands, 
  and 
  always 
  keeping 
  his 
  eyes 
  on 
  the 
  god, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  

   might 
  not 
  stumble 
  or 
  slip 
  (as 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  where 
  he 
  went), 
  

   the 
  whole 
  way 
  was 
  strewn 
  with 
  golden 
  sand, 
  and 
  his 
  guards 
  

   ran 
  with 
  him 
  and 
  supported 
  him 
  on 
  either 
  side. 
  The 
  people 
  

   attended 
  the 
  solemnity, 
  running 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  with 
  

   tapers 
  and 
  flambeaux, 
  and 
  throwing 
  down 
  garlands 
  and 
  flowers 
  

   as 
  they 
  passed. 
  All 
  the 
  effigies 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  gods, 
  the 
  most 
  

   costly 
  ornaments 
  and 
  gifts 
  of 
  the 
  temples, 
  and 
  the 
  brilliant 
  

   arms 
  and 
  ensigns 
  of 
  the 
  imperial 
  dignity, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  rich 
  fur- 
  

   niture 
  of 
  the 
  palace, 
  helped 
  to 
  grace 
  the 
  procession. 
  The 
  

   horse 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  army 
  marched 
  in 
  pomp 
  before 
  and 
  

   after 
  the 
  chariot." 
  

  

  The 
  reign 
  of 
  a 
  foolish 
  boy 
  at 
  this 
  period 
  of 
  Rome's 
  history 
  

   was 
  necessarily 
  a 
  short 
  one, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  eighteen 
  the 
  soldiers 
  

   killed 
  him 
  and 
  let 
  the 
  Roman 
  populace 
  have 
  the 
  body 
  to 
  drag 
  

   through 
  the 
  city 
  streets. 
  The 
  worship 
  of 
  the 
  Sun-god 
  at 
  once 
  

   ceased, 
  and, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  the 
  stone 
  also 
  was 
  thrown 
  away. 
  The 
  

   Cybele 
  stone, 
  however, 
  remained 
  an 
  object 
  of 
  public 
  worship, 
  

   since 
  the 
  quotation 
  from 
  Arnobius, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  given, 
  was 
  

   written 
  nearly 
  a 
  century 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  reign 
  of 
  Heligab- 
  

   alus. 
  

  

  I 
  propose 
  to 
  speak 
  briefly 
  of 
  one 
  more 
  meteorite 
  whose 
  wor- 
  

   ship 
  has 
  had 
  a 
  world-wide 
  fame 
  ; 
  — 
  the 
  image 
  of 
  the 
  Ephesian 
  

   Artemis. 
  This 
  worship 
  had 
  its 
  center 
  at 
  Ephesus, 
  but 
  was 
  

   widely 
  extended 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean. 
  Tem- 
  

   ple 
  after 
  temple 
  was 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  site 
  at 
  Ephesus, 
  each 
  

   superior 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  until 
  the 
  structure 
  was 
  reckoned 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  seven 
  wonders 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  As 
  a 
  temple, 
  it 
  became 
  

   the 
  theatre 
  of 
  a 
  most 
  elaborate 
  religious 
  ceremonial. 
  As 
  an 
  

   asylum, 
  it 
  protected 
  from 
  pursuit 
  and 
  arrest 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  fugi- 
  

   tives 
  from 
  justice 
  or 
  vengeance. 
  As 
  a 
  museum, 
  it 
  possessed 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  products 
  of 
  Greek 
  art, 
  notably 
  works 
  of 
  

   Phidias 
  and 
  Apelles. 
  As 
  a 
  bank, 
  it 
  received 
  and 
  guarded 
  

   the 
  treasures 
  which 
  merchants 
  and 
  princes 
  from 
  all 
  lands 
  

   brought 
  for 
  safe 
  keeping. 
  In 
  its 
  own 
  right 
  it 
  possessed 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  lands 
  and 
  large 
  revenues. 
  The 
  great 
  City 
  of 
  Ephesus 
  

   assumed 
  as 
  her 
  leading 
  title 
  that 
  of 
  vecorcopos, 
  or 
  temple-warden 
  

   of 
  Artemis, 
  putting 
  this 
  name 
  on 
  her 
  coins, 
  and 
  in 
  her 
  monu- 
  

   mental 
  inscriptions. 
  

  

  The 
  image, 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  central 
  object 
  in 
  this 
  temple, 
  was 
  

   said 
  to 
  have 
  fallen 
  from 
  heaven. 
  Copies 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  all 
  sizes 
  and 
  

   forms 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  gold, 
  of 
  silver, 
  of 
  bronze, 
  of 
  stone 
  and 
  

   of 
  wood, 
  by 
  Ephesian 
  artificers, 
  and 
  were 
  supplied 
  by 
  them 
  to 
  

   markets 
  in 
  all 
  lands. 
  What 
  a 
  lifelike 
  picture 
  is 
  given 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  

   19th 
  chapter 
  of 
  the 
  Acts 
  of 
  the 
  Apostles, 
  of 
  the 
  excited 
  crowd 
  

   of 
  Ephesians, 
  urged 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  silversmiths, 
  who 
  made 
  for 
  sale 
  

  

  