person
Herostratus
also: Герострат
The man who burned down the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in 356 BC to make his name immortal. Used as a schoolboy nickname for the fat man, who scorched a library book.
Reading notes
- Fat and Thin §7 Herostratus
The Greek who burned the temple of Artemis at Ephesus in 356 BC to win fame; a schoolboy taunt for the fat boy who scorched a library book with a cigarette.