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  • View of one of the two arched subterranean sacred rooms- Adyton, of the Temple of Apollo, Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.  This image shows the room where the sacred spring was located and where the male oracle would issue his prophecies by singing in the form of a song. The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
    Turkey_Claros_049.jpg
  • View of one of the two arched subterranean sacred rooms- Adyton, of the Temple of Apollo, Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.  This image shows the room where the sacred spring was located and where the male oracle would issue his prophecies by singing in the form of a song. The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
    Turkey_Claros_051.jpg
  • View of one of the two arched subterranean sacred rooms- Adyton, of the Temple of Apollo, Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.  This image shows the room where the sacred spring was located and where the male oracle would issue his prophecies by singing in the form of a song. The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
    Turkey_Claros_050.jpg
  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_063.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_048.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_034.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of the massive south wall of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_025.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View to the top of the two of the three remaining columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_018.tif
  • Model of the Temple of Apollo and the Altar at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_080.jpg
  • Honour monuments flanked the sacred road which is submerged as the sanctuary lies below the water table. Claros, Turkey.  The sacred road linked the Temple and sanctuary of Apollo Claros to the ancient mother Greek city of Notion located south on the seaside.
    Turkey_Claros_073.jpg
  • Inscribed pillars beside the Hellenistic altar of Apollo at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey. Located 30 metres away from the Temple of Apollo, the Altar is rectangular in shape and measures 9x18 metres.
    Turkey_Claros_025.jpg
  • Didyma. Turkey. Carved marble Medusa head with its serpentine curls at the sanctuary of Apollo. This famous giant carved marble Medusa head with its sepentine curls was part of the front frieze on the architrave of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma on the west coast of Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_057.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Medusa head which was part of a frieze on the architrave of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
    Turkey-Didyma_055.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A marble lion that once adorned the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
    Turkey-Didyma_052.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Marble fragments of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_023.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_013.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_010.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Carved marble Medusa head with its serpentine curls at the sanctuary of Apollo. This famous giant carved marble Medusa head with its sepentine curls was part of the front frieze on the architrave of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma on the west coast of Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_002.tif
  • Statute of Homer, the famous ancient Greek poet and author of the Iliad and Odyssey, ancient sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_078.jpg
  • Column monuments dedicated to Sextus Appuleius (right), Menippos of Colophon (left),   ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_070.jpg
  • Column monuments dedicated to Sextus Appuleius (right), Menippos of Colophon (left),   ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_069.jpg
  • Column monuments dedicated to Sextus Appuleius (left), Menippos of Colophon (right), background is the Temple of Apollo, Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_064.jpg
  • Part view of the ruins of the Doric Temple of Apollo, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey. The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
    Turkey_Claros_046.jpg
  • Column drums of the Temple of Apollo, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_041.jpg
  • Ancient Greek text inscriptions on a large fragment of stone artefact at the ancient sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_034.jpg
  • Ancient Greek text inscriptions on a large fragment of stone artefact at the ancient sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_032.jpg
  • Hellenistic altar of Apollo at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey. Located 30 metres away from the Temple of Apollo, the Altar is rectangular in shape and measures 9x18 metres.
    Turkey_Claros_026.jpg
  • Ancient Greek inscriptions on a Exedra, a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_019.jpg
  • Ancient Greek inscriptions cover the sides and rear of the Exedra at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.  The Exedra is a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed.  This is located beside the Propylon – Entrance.
    Turkey_Claros_011.jpg
  • Ancient Greek inscriptions cover the sides and rear of the Exedra at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.  The Exedra is a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed.  This is located beside the Propylon – Entrance.
    Turkey_Claros_006.jpg
  • The Propylon – entrance and Temple of Apollo in the background, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_004.jpg
  • View of the Propylon, katagogion and Exdrea at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey. The Propylon is the monumental entrance to the sanctuary, The Katagogion was inn or hotel for visitors and the Exedra is a semicircular recess where visors sat and conversed.
    Turkey_Claros_002.jpg
  • Didyma. Turkey. Marble column drums and other fragments of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The temple is part of the Sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma which was one of the most evocative and sacred of classical sites. Its oracle was famous with pilgrims throughout ancient world and was second in importance only to Delphi.
    Turkey-Didyma_027.tif
  • Statute of Homer, the famous ancient Greek poet and author of the Iliad and Odyssey, ancient sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_079.jpg
  • Honour monuments flanked the sacred road which is submerged as the sanctuary lies below the water table. Claros, Turkey.  The sacred road linked the Temple and sanctuary of Apollo Claros to the ancient mother Greek city of Notion located south on the seaside.
    Turkey_Claros_074.jpg
  • Exedra of Roman magistrates (left) and Sextus Appuleius honour column monument (right), ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_071.jpg
  • Column monuments dedicated to Sextus Appuleius (left), Menippos of Colophon (right), background is the Temple of Apollo, Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_068.jpg
  • Part view of the ruins of the Doric Temple of Apollo, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey. The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
    Turkey_Claros_045.jpg
  • Hellenistic Sundial dedicated to Dionysus at the ancient sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_037.jpg
  • Ancient Greek Inscribed monument base beside at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_031.jpg
  • A Proedria, a seat that is usually on the front row on a Greek theatre reserved for special guests, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_021.jpg
  • Ancient Greek inscriptions on a Exedra, a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_020.jpg
  • Ancient Greek inscriptions cover the sides and rear of the Exedra at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.  The Exedra is a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed.  This is located beside the Propylon – Entrance.
    Turkey_Claros_009.jpg
  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_062.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Enormous toppled marble column pieces of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_058.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A marble lion that once adorned the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
    Turkey-Didyma_053.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_045.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Vaulted corridor that leads to the inner sacred courtyard of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_039.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View from hall of two columns (hall of the Oracle) of two columns of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_036.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_035.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The Adytum is approximately 50 metres in length and within it towards its rear are the ruins of a small building known as Naiskos which served as an area for prayers and communications to the God Apollo. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous marble Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_032.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Stairway to the hall of the Oracle from the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_028.tif
  • South wall. Temple of Apollo. Didyma. Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_024.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The massive south walls and an unfluted lone column of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_021.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_016.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and two marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_011.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_007.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Decorative columns stumps and standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_008.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The Adytum is approximately 50 metres in length and within it towards its rear are the ruins of a small building known as Naiskos which served as an area for prayers and communications to the God Apollo. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous marble Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_005.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Decorative columns stumps and standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_003.tif
  • Honour monuments flanked the sacred road which is submerged as the sanctuary lies below the water table. Claros, Turkey.  The sacred road linked the Temple and sanctuary of Apollo Claros to the ancient mother Greek city of Notion located south on the seaside.
    Turkey_Claros_075.jpg
  • Column monuments dedicated to Sextus Appuleius (left), Menippos of Colophon (right), background is the Temple of Apollo, Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_066.jpg
  • Foot fragment belonging to one of the colossal statues of Apollo, Artemis and Leto that once stood inside the Temple of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_060.jpg
  • Foot fragment belonging to one of the colossal statues of Apollo, Artemis and Leto that once stood inside the Temple of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_058.jpg
  • View of one of the two arched subterranean sacred rooms- Adyton, of the Temple of Apollo, Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.  This image shows the first room, the waiting room for the priest, scribes and petitioners.  The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
    Turkey_Claros_054.jpg
  • Hellenistic Sundial dedicated to Dionysus at the ancient sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_038.jpg
  • Ancient Greek Inscribed monuments beside the Hellenistic altar of Apollo at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey. Located 30 metres away from the Temple of Apollo, the Altar is rectangular in shape and measures 9x18 metres.
    Turkey_Claros_027.jpg
  • View of an Exedra, a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed, at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_016.jpg
  • View of an Exedra, a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed, at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
    Turkey_Claros_017.jpg
  • Ancient Greek inscriptions cover the sides and rear of the Exedra at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.  The Exedra is a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed.  This is located beside the Propylon – Entrance.
    Turkey_Claros_012.jpg
  • View of the Exedra, a semicircular recess where visitors sat and conversed. at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey. This is located beside the Propylon – Entrance.
    Turkey_Claros_005.jpg
  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_060.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Enormous toppled marble column pieces of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_059.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A decorative marble bulls head architrave piece from the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo
    Turkey-Didyma_050.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A marble column drum and the forecourt of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_049.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_047.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_046.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View from the inner courtyard vaulted corridor to the front of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_044.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The vaulted corridor view from the inner sacred courtyard of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_042.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View from the forecourt of standing columns of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Entrance to the hall of the Oracle from the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Stairway to the hall of the Oracle from the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. The massive south walls and an unfluted lone column of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Statute of Homer, the famous ancient Greek poet and author of the Iliad and Odyssey, ancient sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
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  • Column monuments dedicated to Sextus Appuleius (left), Menippos of Colophon (right), background is the Temple of Apollo, Claros, Turkey.
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  • The Ancient Greek inscription on the honour column monument dedicated to Sextus Appuleius, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.  Sextus Appuleius was the son of Octavius and the step brother of Emperor Augustus. He was assigned as proconsul of Asia by Emperor Augustus.
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  • Foot fragment belonging to one of the colossal statues of Apollo, Artemis and Leto that once stood inside the Temple of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
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  • Fragments of 8-metre-high statues of Apollo, Artemis and Leto that once stood inside the Temple of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
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  • Fragments of 8-metre-high statues of Apollo, Artemis and Leto that once stood inside the Temple of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.
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  • View of one of the two arched subterranean sacred rooms- Adyton, of the Temple of Apollo, Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey.  This image shows the first room, the waiting room for the priest, scribes and petitioners.  The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
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  • Part view of the ruins of the Doric Temple of Apollo, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey. The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
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  • Part view of the ruins of the Doric Temple of Apollo, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey. The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
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  • Part view of the ruins of the Doric Temple of Apollo, ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Turkey. The large (26 x 46 meters) temple dates from around the 3rd century BC and follows a peripteral plan (6 by 11 columns). It is unique in that it is the only Doric temple built in Ionia and that it has two adytons beneath the cella.
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  • Ancient Greek text inscriptions on a large fragment of stone artefact at the ancient sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
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  • Ancient Greek Inscribed monument base beside at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
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  • Ancient Greek Inscribed monument base beside at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo of Claros, Izmir province, Turkey.
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