The largest and best preserved ancient city on the shores of the Aegean Sea and the second most important after Pompeii in the Mediterranean, ancient Ephesus is the most visited attraction during a holiday in Turkey. Legends connect the appearance of the city with the name of Androcles, the son of the ruler of Athens Kodras, who, on the advice of an oracle, came to these places to lay the temple of Artemis. The city got its name from the Amazon Ephesus, beloved of Androcles