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Who was Herostratus?

Greek hero
Ionian Revolt's chief
sacrilegious person never to be mention of
Greek architect, Daedalus main rival
Herostratus was a 4th-century BC Greek arsonist, who sought notoriety by destroying the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. His acts prompted the creation of a damnatio memoriae law, forbidding anyone to mention his name. Nevertheless, his name has become a metonym for someone who commits a criminal act in order to become noted.
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in Greece
in Bulgaria
in Cyprus
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bronze
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tin

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The Netherlands
Czechoslovakia
Romania
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