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22-DEC-2007

Istanbul dec 2007 2486.jpg

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These pictures are of the temple of Magnesia Artemis Leucophryene (The white eyebrowed Artemis). Built on the ruins of an earlier temple this one was erected in the late 3rd-early 2nd century BC in an Ionian style. The museum shows the friezes of this temple in their original order, though arranged on occasion in two rows, because of lack of space. I did not take a picture of all of the parts, some seemed to be too weathered to be of interest.

The South frieze. The subject there is a meeting of Carian and Greek goddesses, some figures wearing helmets. They represent the league of the Carian cities and their relationship with each other.

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