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ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:51 AM Sayfa 210 Plan of Aphrodisias 1.Temple of Aphrodite 2.Odeion and Bishop’s Palace 3.Complex of the Northern Temenos 4.Agora 5.Hadrianus bath 6.Theater 7.Martyrion 8.Tiberius porticos 9.Stadion 10.Tomb 11.Water channel and city gate 12.City gate 13.Tetrapylon 14.Nymphaeion 15.Aphrodisias Museum 16.The theater baths and spa 17.The agora gate 18.Sebasteion 19.Gymnasion one another at a distance of 14 m. At the eastern end is a late-period stairway that connects the two arcades, which are in turn connected by a large gate at the western end. Beyond the steps stands a temple and an altar which were connected with the imperial cult worship. Originally built in the 1 st century AD, this structure collapsed in an earthquake around the beginning of the 5 th century. There after it continued to be used, but for a different purpose, most likely as a marketplace. Excavations here have turned up numerous fragments of reliefs and statues indicating that the structure must have once been quite ornamental. Today, the marble pavement of the sebasteium and the Doric columns in its first storey can still be seen. The second storey had capitals in the Ionic order, while those in the third storey were Corinthian. Between the columns were reliefs depicting the labors of Hercules. Between the sebasteium and the theater lies the eastern gate to the agora. This monumental two-storey structure was built in the 2 nd century AD and was converted into a fountain in the 5 th century AD. A lovely Aphrodisian theater rests against the acropolis. The original structure is from the Late Hellenistic Period. During the reign of Marcus
ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:51 AM Sayfa Aphrodisias Theater. Aurelius (161-180 AD) it underwent an important restoration. The theater could accommodate an audience of 10,000 and has a double diazoma. The entire lower diazoma has been uncovered, revealing 27 rows of seats. Both the orchestra and the skene of the theater are very well preserved. The wall of the skene facing the northern parados is full of inscriptions that provide a wealth of information about the history of Aphrodisias as well as that of Asia Minor. One sees that the seats are divided by 11 aisles. Next to the theater are the remains of the theater baths. South of the baths is a gymnasion and the remains of a Byzantine house with a doubleperistyle courtyard. Continuing around the acropolis mound, one reaches the Baths of Hadrian and Aphrodite. With their richly decorated facade and huge rooms, they formed what must have been the grandest building in ancient Aphrodisias. The Portico of Tiberius stood before the baths, dedicated to Emperor Tiberius (14-37 AD). The portico measured 212x69 m. was surrounded on three sides by a covered Ionic colonnade, forming the southern extremity of the agora. Measuring 205x120 m., the northern part of the agora was located between the baths and the odeium. Three sides of this area were surrounded by a Doric-style portico. The Aphrodisias odeion is probably 211
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