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The Aphrodisias Museum
In the Aphrodisias Museum, which was opened in 1979, only
works found in Aphrodisias with the excavations are displayed. The major part of
the exhibition works consists of monuments. We know that between the first
century BC and the fifth century AD, there was a sculptor school in Aphrodisias
which produced very high-quality works. The marble came from the marble
breakÂage in a kilometer distance to the north of the city.
The observations of the museum begin to the right of the
entrance. The Tondo busts on the wall across the sales tinsel belong to a few
famous historical philosophers and state people.
In the room next door, there are statues of Emperors,
portrait monuments, portrait busts and an strange sarcophagus with figures
representing the seasons. The frescoes, which are
displayed in the hallway, belong to the mausoleum of Zoilos, the secÂond founder
of the city, and are dated on the
so-called second classic epoch at the time of the Augustus. |
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In the Melpomene hall are dressed state men, the tragedy
fairy Melpomene, and Apollon statÂues.
The room in which the boxers and sitting artists are
displayed is called the Odeon hall. Before the beginning of the next section,
half finished monuments are displayed in the corner. It is a world-famous
collection with regard to sculptor technologies and phases.
In front of the windows in a wall display, where the
prehistoric findings from Aphrodisias and its surroundings are displayed, the
coins and story of Aphrodisias are found.
Coming from a tragic story of the Trojan war are statues of
Diskoferos, the young Herakles and Dionysos, which are displayed as
weight-bearing satyr sculptures carrying the same name as Achilleus and
Pentasilia.
In the middle of the next room there is the cult monument
of the mother goddess Aphrodite. Right behind this monument is the statue of the
high priest from the Aphrodite temple, Diogenes. And immediately to the right of
this is the statue of his wife Claudia Antonia Tatiana. The two monuments to the
left are of two priests from times of the Emperor Constantin. The giant statue
to the left is representative of the city inhabitants Demos.
Please do not forget to greet the bronze bust of the
archaeologist Professor Dr. Kenan T Erim, the great contributor to discovering
the city of Aphrodisias, before leaving the museum. |
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