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Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:51 AM Sayfa<br />

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Diokaisareia Zeus Temple (Uzuncaburç). Temple in the Corinthian order on<br />

the Mediterranean coast at Uzuncaburc, 24 km. from Silifke. 6x12 columns,<br />

peripteros plan, columns fluted on upper part. According to its inscription,<br />

the temple was founded by Seleucos Nikotor.<br />

created in groups of two <strong>and</strong> three. The muscles were bulky <strong>and</strong> soft.<br />

Terracotta sculptures also seem to have been created. In this period<br />

the Tralles (Ayd›n) sculpture school was effective. Apollonius <strong>and</strong><br />

Tauriskos of Tralles created monumental groups of sculptors here.<br />

The sculpture ‘Young Athlete (Ephebos)’, which is currently in ‹stanbul<br />

Archaeological Museum, is an important work of art from the school of<br />

Tralles which was influenced by Lysippos. Samples of sculpture from<br />

the late period of the Hellenistic Age can be seen today in Perge,

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