Temple of Diana at Ephesus

 

“The temple of Diana was the chief glory of the city. The style was Grecian. The length of the ground-plan was four-hundred and twenty-five feet and the breadth two-hundred and twenty feet. The structure was thus four times as large as the Pantheon at Athens. The statue of the goddess was one of the finest works of art ever produced. It was wrought of ivory and gold, and was a marvel of costliness and beauty. The temple was decorated with sculptures by Praxiteles and one of the masterpieces of Apelles. A representation of the temple was stamped on the coins and medals of the city."—Ridpath, 1885

Diners are now a thing of kitsch culture, especially those that double down on the ‘50s-era throwbacks. For Marty, when he arrives in the downtown area of his hometown, Hill Valley, 30 years before he was ever a teenager, he’s stunned to enter an authentic ‘50s diner. In fact, he's so stunned that every method in which he tries to order a drink is met by a flummoxed and annoyed diner owner. “How about a Pepsi Free?,” he asks, not realizing until it’s too late that the Pepsi Free, better known as caffeine-free Pepsi, wasn’t introduced until the 1980s. “You want a Pepsi, kid, you gotta pay for it,” the diner owner snaps at him. Here, as in other cases, Marty takes too long to grasp that his new way of life is a lot different than it was in the ‘80s.