Gardens of Babylon

I have gazed on the walls of impregnable Babylon,
    along which chariots may race,
    and on the Zeus by the banks of Alphaeus.
I have seen the Hanging Gardens and the Colossos of Helios,
    the great man-made mountains of the lofty pyramids,
    and the gigantic tomb of Maussollos.
But when I saw the sacred house of Artemis that towers to the clouds,

    the others were placed in the shade

    For the sun himself has never looked upon its equal outside Olympus.

                                                                          - Antipator of Sidon,

                                                                                c. 2nd Century BC