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Around Ephesus |
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Temple Of Hadrian |
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was a marvelous structure on Curate's Avenue. In was
erected in 138 at the latest. It forms a simple naos
structure with a plain monumental pronaos. At the
front of the pronaos are four Corinthian columns
with triangular capitals. There was an arch over the
two central columns. In the center of the arch was a
bust of the city goddess Tyche.
The lentils of the temple door were decorated with pearl and egg motifs.
The semicircular capital over the door there is a
likeness of Medusa amidst acanthus leaves and
flowers. The frieze on original lentil over the
pronaos door is in the museum. When the temple was
being restored copies were used in its place. The
frieze is of four parts, the first three include
gods and goddesses; Andorcles, the protector of
Ephesus. Hunting wild boar; Amazon goddesses, and
Amazons with Dionysius. The fourth part has Athena,
the moon goddess Selene, a male Apollos, a female
figure, Androcles, Heracles, and the wife and son of
Theodosius. It is thought that this fourth block was
taken from elsewhere and used here.
The temple was dedicated to the emperor Hadrian by P. Quintillus in 138.
The inscription is on the architrave. Four pedestals
with inscriptions were found in front of the
columns. The inscriptions show the same date and
held four statues of Roman emperors, being
Diocletian, Maximam, Constantine Chlorus and
Galerius. |
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Ephesus Yesterday & Today |
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