Unspeakable

XXXXXXX was a young man who set fire to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (in what is now western Turkey) in his quest for fame on about July 20, 356 BC.[1] The temple was constructed of marble and considered the most beautiful of some thirty shrines built by the Greeks to honour their goddess of the hunt, the wild and childbirth. The temple was also one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, 425 feet long and supported by columns sixty feet high.

Far from attempting to evade responsibility for his act of arson, XXXXXXX proudly claimed credit in order to immortalise his name in history. In order to dissuade similar-minded fame-seekers, the Ephesean authorities not only executed him but also condemned him to a legacy of obscurity by forbidding mention of his name under the penalty of death. This did not stop XXXXXXX from achieving his goal, however, as the ancient historian Theopompus recorded the event and its perpetrator in his history.

- Wikipedia

I voluntarily censored the name.

The more erudite among us may know who this article is about seeing as an adjective based on the man's name was eventually created to describe such parasitic fame seekers as the guy who shot John Lennon. That guy's name, by the way, is:


Mark David Chapman

in case you didn't know



For the rest of us ignorami, the article can easily be found on Wikipedia or elsewhere. However, I strongly encourage the curious to leave it alone. This is the first time that I encounter information that I truly believe should be kept secret. It's time to put our heads in the sand and forget the tragically infamous wretches such as:


Mark David Chapman