古代世界七大奇迹,常称七大奇迹,为最早被提出的七大奇迹观念。前2世纪拜占廷人斐罗(Philo of Byzantium)写下《世界七大奇迹(希腊语:Επτά θαύματα του αρχαίου κόσμου)》一书,描述当时在地中海附近7个伟大建筑,分别是“埃及的金字塔”、“巴比伦的空中花园”、“奥林帕斯的宙斯神像”、“以弗所的阿耳忒弥斯神庙”、“哈利卡纳苏斯的摩索拉斯王陵墓”、“罗得岛的太阳神铜像”以及“亚力山大港的灯塔”,为现存古代世界七大奇迹的凭据。
中译:
我沿着巍峨的巴比伦城墙注视,那里有一条战车使用的道路、阿尔餥斯的宙斯雕像、空中花园、太阳神的巨像、高大金字塔的浩大劳力、摩索拉斯王广大的墓园;但当我看见耳忒弥斯挂在云端的房子,其他的奇迹都黯然失色,我说“除了奥林巴斯,太阳从未显得如此尊贵!”
英译:
I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the Colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, 'Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand.'
— Antipater, Greek Anthology IX.58
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