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Ephesus - South gate of Agora - Ephesus
Ephesus - South gate of Agora
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Agora: State Agora
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  • Kuznetsov_Sergey
  • Updated By Kuznetsov_Sergey on January 19, 2009
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  • Ephesus - State Agora - Ephesus
    Ephesus - State Agora
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey, 3 more photos
    The square structure 160 meters long and 73 meters wide lying to the left of the Varius Baths is the State Agora.

    This Agora is considered to be built during the Roman Period of Augustus and Claudius over the 2nd century B.C. The entire city's business other than commerce was conducted there.

    You can see a great number of graves and a stone-paved road and archaic sarcophagus of terra cotta which were found there after exploratory excavations made in the northeast corner of the Agora.

  • Directions: You may watch my high resolution photo of Ephesus on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 37° 56' 12.09" N 27° 20' 39.73" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio State Agora .
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    Agora: Commercial Agora
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    Ephesus - Commercial Agora
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey
    Agora was built in the third century B.C in the Hellenistic Period.
    It is in the form of a square, each side 110 meters, and surrounded by columns. The north side of the Agora is left open, and the other three sides are surrounded by a portico, in which there are rows of shops.
    At the center of the Agora there was a sundial and a water-clock.

  • Directions: You may watch my high resolution photo of Ephesus on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 37° 56' 23.73" N 27° 20' 28.07" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Agora.
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    Agora: South gate of Agora
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  • Ephesus - South gate of Agora - Ephesus
    Ephesus - South gate of Agora
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey, 4 more photos
    The Agora has 3 gates, one from the front of the theatre on the northeast, the other one opening to the harbor on the west and the third one from the Celsus Library.
    The eastern and southern sides of the Agora were two-storied, the second storey of the eastern side being constructed in the form of an enclosed Doric stoa.

    You can watch my 4 min 19 sec Video clip Ephesus Slide-show Part III with Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for piccolo in C maj.

  • Directions: You may watch my high resolution photo of Ephesus on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 37° 56' 20.99" N 27° 20' 27.22" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio South gate of Agora .
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    Agora: BASILICA IN THE UPPER AGORA
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  • Updated By whitecliff62 on January 8, 2006
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  • THE BASILICA IN THE UPPER AGORA - Ephesus
    THE BASILICA IN THE UPPER
    AGORA
    by whitecliff62
    The Basilica is situated in front of theOdeon and the Prytaneum. It is proved that this was the stock exchange of Ephisus. The Basilica was built in the 1st century A.D. by Augustus. A Stoa was found in this area and unearthed in the Stoa was the statues of Augustus and his wife Liva, they are now on display in the museum at Ephisus

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  • Directions: Situated along the north side of the upper agora, in front of the Odeon (little theater)
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    Agora: THE LOWER AGORA (MARKET PLACE)
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  • THE LOWER AGORA (MARKET PLACE) - Ephesus
    THE LOWER AGORA (MARKET PLACE)
    by whitecliff62
    This is the largest and most important Agoras in the whole world, its 111 square meters and it was enclosed on 4 sides by double arched galaries and right in the middle was a hugh water clock or sundial, these items were found during the excavations in 1903. All along the galeries and squares of the agora were ornimental statues and busts of the people who served the city of Ephisus, people like Emperers, empresses, preconuls, conuls, senators, priests, rich men, poets, and athletes

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  • Directions: Through the gate of Mazeus and Mithridates
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    Agora: The Agora
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  • Updated By truus_s on November 15, 2003
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    the Agora
    by truus_s
    The most magnificent of the three entrances to the Agora ... . The two prisoners originally were employed by Augustus and later by his son in law Agrippa. ... The second magnificent gate of the Agora was this one, located on the west, ...The front was richly decorated with Ionian columns, and the gate, which was somewhat high, was reached by a stairway.

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    Agora: Hermès and the caducea
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  • Hermès and the caducea - Ephesus
    Hermès and the caducea
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    Close to the state Agora stands a stone with an interesting carving.

    The first photo shows god Hermes, naked, leaning on a roam. He wears his winged sandals and holds the caducea, his attribute.

    The second photo shows the caducea of Hermès, full length. This is the oldest recorded carving of the caducea of Hermès.

    The third photo shows both faces of the stone.

    Note : Hermès holds here the true caducea, a stick with a pair of wings and two interlaced snakes. It is the attribute of trade.
    It is most of the time mistaken with the Asclepios stick (Asclepios was the Greek god for medicine). It has no wings and only one snake coiled around. It is topped by a mirror, meaning carefulness. It is the attribute of medicine.
    To day, the name caducea is used by health professionals (physicians, pharmacists, nurses, veterinarians, etc..). Some are represented with 2 snakes and a pair of wings. They are actually caducea but are a symbol of trade, wrongly (?) used by health professions. Other are represented with one snake and a mirror and fit as symbols of health care but should not be named caducea! You can check that easily by a picture search on Google.

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    Agora: Agora and Bouleuterion
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    Basilica dedicated to Isis and
    Agora
    by JLBG, 2 more photos
    The first photo shows the basilica dedicated to Isis that lines the state agora. In the background, the bouleuterion (see next tip).

    The second photo shows a part of the state agora, paged with marble slabs. The Basilica and the Bouleuterion (almost hidden) are in the background. The state Agora is a rectangle 130 m x 56 m. It was built in the Roman Period in the 1st century BC. On the state agora were held governement meetings.

    The third photo shows a general view of the agora (foreground), basilica (middle) and Bouleuterion (background).

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    Agora: Agora
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  • Agora - Ephesus
    Agora
    by truus_s
    A gora.....
    The broad area in front of the theatre was the Commercial Agora of Ephesus. ...Completely surrounded by columns, this Agora contained three entrances, one from the celsus library, one from the front of the theatre, and one from the harbour

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    Agora: Carved stone
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    Carved stone
    by JLBG
    The marble slab shown on the photo lay in the agora. It shows three identical lines, each of them made of twelve circles with a cross in the middle, which makes :

    000000 x 000000

    The whole drawing is framed by a line.
    What is it, I have not found. Is it for a game ? Is it a kind of computer to make calculation easier ?

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