Miletus, Priene, Didyma
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DAY 8: FRIDAY 28/4/2000 A beautiful sunny day for our first stop at PRIENE which in 300 BC. was an important place. A long climb up the hill to the site, but well worthwhile. |
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Priene was a planned town with its streets laid out in a grid system, the first city to do so. |
| The two spectaculars features are the five standing Ionic columns of the Temple of Athena and the theatre with finely carved front seats for VIP's. |  |
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We also saw the ruins of a Byzantine Church and then came the long walk down again. A drive of 22 km's south to Miletus , this was an important commercial center about 700 BC. to 700 AD. |
| After that time the harbour filled with silt and commerce stopped. The 15.000 seat theater was originally a Hellenistic building but it was reconstructed in 1st century AD. by the Romans. It is also famous for the Baths of Faustina, constructed for the wife of Emperor Marcus Arelious. |  |
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Last we visited Didyma, the site of the Temple to Apollo occupied by the Oracle and the priests who interpreted for the people. |
| The Temple was never finished but at one time there were 120 high columns. The most stiking is the head of Medussa who has snakes for hair. |  |
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