Question

The poet Antipater of Sidon was wowed by one of the Seven Wonders in particular. Fill in the gap in the quote: ‘When I saw the house of ______ that mounted to the clouds, [the] other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said: “Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on anything so grand”.’

Answer 1

ARTEMIS is the answer fr the above question

Answer 2

‘When I saw house of ARTEMIS that mounted to clouds’.

Explanation:

The above mentioned lines are written by Antipater of Sidon. He was the Greek poet of mid B.C. His poem is saved in Greek Anthology. He was the mathematician and engineer by profession.

He has written many short poems and short stories of Greek.   It was first Greek record of seven wonders. His poem describes seven beautiful wonders. Again his poems were rediscovered around AD 1500.