Close
Cart (0)
Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
Hide details
Conceptually similar
AR9146194
AR9150454
AR9137402
AR9157836
AR9151753
AR9139267
AR9126707
AR9139761
AR9132105
AR9156655
AR9130985
AR9136980
AR9137175
AR9138093
AR9140995
AR9138976
AR9130272
AR9149102
AR9158378
AR9151583
The theatre at Aphrodisias, Turkey. Artist: Samuel Magal
The theatre at Aphrodisias, Turkey. The theatre at Aphrodisias was built in the second half of the first century BC on the eastern slope of the acropolis. According to its inscription it was dedicated to Aphrodite and the people of the city by Julius Zoilos, a former slave of Octavian. The seating capacity was 8,000. The stage building consisted of six vaulted dressing or storage rooms out of which four opened into the corridor behind the proskene. Built near a marble quarry in Anatolia, the city of Aphrodisias was once famed for its famous sculpture school and for being one of the several cities that was dedicated to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. It was named after Aphrodite in the second century BC, but according to the Suda, before being known as Aphrodisias, it had three previous names: Lelegon Polis, Megale Polis and Ninoë, a name derived from Ninos. Ninos was the mythical founder of the Assyro-Babylonian Empire and the husband of the famous Semiramis. The city was later renamed as Stauropolis in the Cristian Era.
Unique Identifier
AR9131291
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5197px × 3363px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
Add to lightbox
Add to cart
Tags
ANATOLIA
APHRODISIAS
APHRODITE
Archaeology
archeology
Architecture
Arena
ARTS
Asia Minor
color
country
Entertainment
god
Goddess
Gods
LOCATION
Magal
Mediterranean
performing arts
Photograph
religion
Religious
Ruin
RUINED
RUINS
SAMUEL
Samuel Magal
Sites & Photos
Sites and Photos
TGN
Theater
Turkey
Turkish