Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/July 21

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Word of the day
for July 21
herostratic fame n
  1. Fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed.

According to tradition, Herostratus, a Greek arsonist who sought fame by destroying the second Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (now in Izmir Province, Turkey), set fire to the temple on this day in 356 B.C.E., the birth date of Alexander the Great.

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