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Greek theatre of Aphrodisias: one of a series of inscriptions on the columns forming a portico and s

Greek theatre of Aphrodisias: one of a series of inscriptions on the columns forming a portico and supporting the architrave on the stage.

The greek text, deep-cut, well-aligned and elegant, records a list of the names of the Muses:

[Κλι]ώ                                                                                                                     Ε̣ὐτέρπη                                                                                                                 Θαλία                                                                                                                     Μελπομένη                                                                                                           Τερψιχόρη                                                                                                             Ἐρατώ                                                                                                                   Πολυμνία                                                                                                               Οὐρανία                                                                                                                Καλλιόπη

Klio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania, Kalliope

All the inscriptions are on the stage side of the columns, and were presumably only visible to those using the stage.

Third to fifth century A.D.

©Inscriptions of Aphrodisias, (Aphrodisias, Aydın Province, Turkey)


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Aphrodisias

* photo by Paolo Monti (1962)

*Available in the BEIC digital library and uploaded in partnership with BEIC Foundation.

The image comes from the Fondo Paolo Monti, owned by BEIC and located in the Civico Archivio Fotografico of Milan.



source: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Re-using construction material, Aphrodisias

* photo by Paolo Monti (1962)

*Available in the BEIC digital library and uploaded in partnership with BEIC Foundation.

The image comes from the Fondo Paolo Monti, owned by BEIC and located in the Civico Archivio Fotografico of Milan.



source: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

nerosuggestions: When your mother tells you to just roll with it  Nah. More of do as you’re to

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When your mother tells you to just roll with it 

Nah. More of do as you’re told and be my political puppet, son


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nerosuggestions: When your mother tells you to just roll with it 

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When your mother tells you to just roll with it 


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A spectacular marble bathtub has been recovered from antiquities thieves in Turkey. The bathtub is the only example known to have come from the wealthy city of Aphrodisias, a major center of art in the late Hellenistic and Roman worlds.

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