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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 .Website: http://www.ephesusguide.com/state.html
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 Ephesus - Commercial Agora by Kuznetsov_Sergey
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.Website: http://www.ephesusguide.com/agora.html
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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 .Website: http://www.ephesusguide.com/
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 THE BASILICA IN THE UPPER
AGORA by whitecliff62Leave a Comment Directions: Situated along the north side of the upper agora, in front of the Odeon (little theater)Website: %s4%bhttp://www.ephesusguide.com/
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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. Leave a Comment
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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). Leave a Comment
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 Agora by truus_s
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 Leave a Comment
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 Carved stone by JLBG
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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 ? Leave a Comment
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